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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 two people is the narrator calling for in the streets in Story 8?

2. Where is the narrator in Story 10?

3. Where does the narrator say the "second man" from Story 8 is from?

4. Around 3:30am, a guy with a _______ in his ________ comes into the hospital in Story 6.

5. According to the narrator in Story 8, ________ is Seattle's much favored sad jukebox song.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way is the large horse pill the narrator receives in Story 9 a prize for the narrator?

5. What key point does the narrator make between the intimacy between men and women in Story 7?

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

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

8. What role does Terrence play in Story 6? How do the other characters in the story handle Terrence's situation?

9. Discuss the irony behind Bill seeing the victims of a car crash as "just meat."

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the connection between Story 3: "Out on Bail" and Story 6: "Emergency."

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the narrator's relationships with the different women in the book. How is each relationship similar and how are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the significance of the books title, Jesus' Son. How is the title developed throughout the book? What literary devices does the author use to develop the title?

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