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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. Whose abuse is focused on in the therapy tapes which Dominick and Patel listen to?

2. Who is the person that destroys the typewriter in a fit of rage at Ma during the past?

3. Thomas buys a book on ___________ and makes his girlfriend read the stories to him while he pleasures himself.

4. Where does Thomas decide to cut off his hand in order to escape being drafted into the military?

5. Who refuses to consider Thomas' antiwar act heroic, which is not surprising, given their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dominick decide to take up house painting instead of teaching anymore?

2. What is the long range goal of Patel when she is working with Thomas, a goal she tells Dominick about?

3. What does seeing young dance students trigger in Dominick when he goes to see Patel and Sheffer?

4. What does Ma forbid the boys from telling their stepfather when they are coming back from the movie theater?

5. What does Dominick learn when he goes to visit Sheffer in the office to talk about Thomas, in this story?

6. What are the guidelines for Dominick being able to visit Thomas when he is at the center?

7. What does Leo suggest to Dominick when he comes to pick him up during this part of the book?

8. How does Dominick endanger himself when he is out with Leo during the summer of 1969?

9. What does Dominick grow impatient with when he is talking with his brother a day before the amputation?

10. What happens in the story of Bhagirath that Patel tells to Dominick when they are in a session together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between Dominick and Thomas is a loving one, though perhaps not in the conventional way.

Part 1: Why do you think Dominick continues to care for his brother?

Part 2: Do you think that you could stand by your brother if he had as many problems as Thomas does?

Part 3: How do you think Dominick could be handling his brother better in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Dominick is told that Thomas' new doctors are very good, but that he will not be out quickly as there is a new political climate at the center.

Part 1: Do you think that the political climate at a care center should affect the patients?

Part 2: Why do you think Thomas' care is altered by the political climate?

Part 3: How do you think that Thomas' care might be different if there was no political climate?

Essay Topic 3

Papa decides to drown the monkey because it bites Papa, even though he promised Pasquale he would not.

Part 1: Why do you think Papa breaks the promise to Pasquale?

Part 2: Do you think drowning the monkey was an evil act of Papa or a necessary evil?

Part 3: How do you think Papa's life might have changed had he not drowned the monkey?

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