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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 was headed to New Orleans as the movie moved into its final day of shooting?

2. In Chapter 8, Lancelot kills the movie people, but not before having sex with who?

3. After Lancelot makes his first visit in Chapter 8 after viewing the tapes, who else does he encounter that is deeply afraid of the storm and decides to move on as well?

4. What does Lancelot believe is ruining the nation?

5. In Chapter 8, who gave Lancelot a pill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lancelot claim as the point of his quest through the story?

2. What did Lancelot do with the money he withdrew from the bank?

3. Lancelot tells a story about his grandfather. What is the story?

4. Despite being able to leave the hospital, Lancelot continues to claim what?

5. After viewing the tapes, what does Lancelot tell Merlin to do and why?

6. What does Lancelot do to the pipe in the basement?

7. What does Lancelot confess when he recalls the first time he made love to Margot?

8. What happens when Lancelot asks Harry questions?

9. How is Elgin going to make a movie for Lancelot?

10. What does Lancelot do that makes the reader wonder if he is really being let out of the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Lancelot "awakened" by his discovery of Margot's infidelity? What changes in his life after his awakening? Give at least two examples in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using the book to support your answer, explain whether neglect is a theme of the book, and how it is used.

Essay Topic 3

Was Harry ever really present? What pieces of evidence in the story lead you to believe that Harry was, or was not, present?

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