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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 long does Happy Hour last in Story 9?

2. What is the narrator of Story 10 referring to when he says to bill, "Pay me back when they give you yours"?

3. In Story 8, the narrator tells the military woman from the tavern that he is locked out of his ________.

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

5. In Story 7, the narrator recalls that on his ________ birthday, Michelle tried to ________ the narrator.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the importance of Terrence's knife in Story 6.

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

3. Discuss the significance of the two men at the hospital the narrator sees in Story 8.

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

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

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

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

8. What is the irony behind the title of the story "Happy Hour"?

9. Explain how the relationship between the Story 8 narrator and military wife at the bar reinforces the theme of the tension between desperation and compassion.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the theme of the need for and the value of human contact. Which character from Jesus' Son does this theme encompass the most?

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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