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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 wounded man in the Emergency Room in Story 6?

2. Story 9 opens with the narrator saying he was after a ________ who was always in the company of a boy.

3. In the Story 7 narrator's flashback, how many shots did Michelle fire at him?

4. Where does Georgie tell the narrator he wants to go in Story 6?

5. What is Pig Alley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly discuss the three train rides the narrator recalls in Story 7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does the action of the second part of Story 8 take place? Describe this location.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the significance of the three vehicles in Story 1: "Car Crash While Hitchhiking."

Essay Topic 2

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

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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