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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 kind of coat is Vic wearing?

2. What kind of tips does Lenny say Ray gives?

3. What is Vic's profession?

4. What do people tell Ray he needs on him?

5. What kind of shop did Jack own?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lenny provoke Vince as they approach Dartford?

2. What big news did Susie tell Ray?

3. What fond memory does Ray have of his father?

4. How did Ray raise money to pay for Susie's plane ticket?

5. What was Ray's life like after the war?

6. What had Jack and his wife planned to do before Jack died?

7. How did Vince change after coming back from the army?

8. What conversation does Ray remember having with Jack?

9. What does jack ask Vince for at the hospital?

10. What does Ray think about his and his friends health?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Swift is said to have used Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as his model for Last Orders. Compare As I Lay Dying to the novel. What comparisons can be drawn between Last Orders and the As I Lay Dying? Why did Swift choose Faulkner's book as his model for Last Orders?

Essay Topic 2

Compare American and British culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about life in '80s Britain:

1) The Mercedes.

2) Family life.

3) Emigration.

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