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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. What is the name of the man the Wheelchair Assassins killed?

2. How does Hal seem to feel about his life?

3. Who is identified as Madame Psychosis?

4. In the Entertainment, what does the tape start with a person doing?

5. According to Molly, on what day did Madame Psychosis' mother kill herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of impression do you get from Avril's character?

2. How could the use of the Entertainment be devastating?

3. How does Orin treat women?

4. What does Hal think of Avril and Charles possibly being related?

5. Describe the memories James had about his father.

6. Why does Mario ask Avril how to tell if somebody is sad?

7. What are the contents of the Entertainment?

8. Why does Joelle like to clean?

9. What does Lyle mean when he tells the students never to underestimate objects?

10. What role does the theme of suicide play in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of tone does Wallace use toward drug abuse? What are some examples of ways in which diction and other literary devices contribute to the theme of drug abuse and Wallace's attitude toward it?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the reader have a difficult time discerning Avril's intentions and motivations? What do you think these intentions and motivations are?

Essay Topic 3

Hal begins to have a recurring dream about losing his teeth. Choose one of the following prompts about the dream to write about:

(a) How does this dream build tension?

(b) How does it provide insight into Hal's character?

(c) How does the dream serve to foreshadow future events?

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