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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. How many hours a day are the workers working in "Scene three Act one"?

2. Whose photo looks down on the scene in "Scene three Act one"?

3. In "Scene three Act one," a dog is quietly gnawing on what?

4. In "Halbut Returb", how long does the narrator say he's been waiting for Halbut to return from the wars?

5. In "The Moldy Moldy Man", Lennon writes, "I'm such a humble" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the topic of "All Abord Speeching." What is this selection satirizing?

2. Describe the drawings in Lennon's book. What are they useful for?

3. What is left unexplained in "Henry and Harry"?

4. Where do the characters go in "Treasure Ivan"? What are the events that take place in this story?

5. What are the major overriding themes which permeate the book? What subjects reappear?

6. What events take place in the short story "Sad Michael"?

7. What is the poem, "Remember Arnold" about? What is the illustration like?

8. Explain the plot of "Deaf Ted, Danoota, (and me)."

9. What becomes of Henry in "Henry and Harry"? What does he do at the end of the story?

10. What does Henry want in "Henry and Harry"? What happens in the beginning of this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which selection from the book is the most nonsense-heavy? Describe this poem/story/play. What language is used? What is the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes and subject of the poem "Neville Club." What words indicate that this poem is based around drugs? How does the illustration add to the poem?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Lennon's illustrations complement the writings of In His Own Write. Who is Lennon's principle influence in his artistic style?

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