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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a wait at the health center?

2. What does Sammy worry about after getting off the bus at the health center?

3. According to Sammy, his loss of vision might have been caused by what?

4. How do the police respond to Sammy's reaction to his lack of sight?

5. Sammy mistakes the group of policeman for who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unnerves Sammy when he attempts to report his new medical condition at the welfare office?

2. When Sammy is trying to make a doctor's appointment, what obstacles stand in his way?

3. Who does Sammy think about while lying in his cell, unable to see?

4. After losing his vision, how does Sammy spend his unemployment check once he finally acquires it?

5. Why is Helen concerned by Sammy's involvement with stolen goods?

6. On Saturday night, someone knocks on Sammy's door. How does he react?

7. What condition is Sammy in when he leaves jail on Wednesday?

8. Why did Sammy tell Helen the truth about his past?

9. How does Sammy survive financially?

10. What difficulties does Sammy face when he takes his first bus ride as a blind man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Sammy and Helen.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Sammy and his former family.

1) Describe Sammy's ex-wife.

2) Describe his son, Peter, and his feelings for him.

3) Analyze why the relationship ended.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining Sammy's relationship with music.

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