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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 motel is the narrator and Michelle staying at in Story 7?

2. The "second man" in Story 8 tells the narrator that he lied and that he is actually from ________.

3. How long has the narrator been working at the hospital in Story 6?

4. The narrator reveals in Story 7 that the driver of the train is ________.

5. What drug does the narrator of Story 6 say is a very famous guru of the love generation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Georgie portrayed by the narrator in Story 6. How do the narrator and Georgie know each other?

2. How did Bill receive his bullet holes? How do these bullet holes haunt Bill?

3. What happens when the narrator goes to visit a pair of friends in Story 8?

4. Who is the narrator searching for in Seattle in Story 9? What does he recall about this person?

5. Who does the term "other man" refer to in Story 8.

6. Briefly describe the "second man" in Story 8.

7. How does Bill define him? What is his perspective on the world? Explain.

8. What is Hardee's emergency seen in Story 6?

9. Discuss the relevance of the baby rabbits to Story 6.

10. In what way is the title "Emergency" a direct metaphor of the narrator's life in Story 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the narrator can be defined as a tragic figure. Explain how the suffering brought upon others by the narrator contributes to the tragic vision of the book as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ending of Jesus' Son. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the book.

Essay Topic 3

Present arguments for and against Jesus' Son's relevance for a person around the same age as the narrator living in 1973.

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