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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. Who does Dominick visit in order to tell them about Thomas, though this person is not awake and Dominick does not wake them?

2. ___________ retains grief at having been too busy at the end of a semester to enjoy the new baby.

3. Who decides to tell women he meets that he is Robert Redford's stand-in during "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"?

4. Thomas says that Ray is jealous of _______ special plans for him, according to the therapy tape.

5. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dominick regret about the summer of 1969 when he is talking with Thomas about sex and marijuana?

2. Why does Dell decide to lower the price of the used car that he is trying to sell to Leo, in this story?

3. What is the profession that Leo has when Dominick goes to visit with him during this part of the story?

4. What is the terrible situation which happens on the field trip the twins take in 1962 to the Statue of Liberty?

5. What is the news about the case that Dominick learns when he is talking with Patel and listening to Thomas' tapes?

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

7. Why is it hard for Dominick to not take care of his brother and watch out for him in this everyday life?

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

9. What are the therapy techniques which Dominick objects to, as they are causing one person in his life to be at blame?

10. To what does Dominick attribute the meanness of Ray towards Thomas when he is arguing with Joy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Even though he was abused, Dominick refuses to say that Ray was inhuman as a person.

Part 1: Why do you think that Dominick seems to still stick up for Ray's actions?

Part 2: Do you think you might have a different reaction to the actions of Ray?

Part 3: How do you think that Dominick could be so seemingly forgiving of Ray?

Essay Topic 3

Dominick is sometimes angry about the way that he is always going to be linked to Thomas in some way.

Part 1: Do you think it's normal for a person to not want to be linked with a sibling?

Part 2: Why do you think Thomas is always going to be linked to Dominick, aside from the connection as twins?

Part 3: How do you think Dominick's life might be if he was not related to Thomas?

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