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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 shop did Jack own?

2. What color hair does the nurse have?

3. What is Jack 10 to 1 against doing?

4. Where does Jack ask Vince to put the £1,000?

5. What is the name of Ray's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Ray remember having with Jack's father, Ronnie?

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

3. How did Ray get his nickname of Lucky?

4. What conversation does Vince remember having with Jack?

5. What conversation does Ray remember having with Jack?

6. How did Vic know Jack was coming to say something important when he walked towards his shop?

7. Why was Amy disappointed in Jack?

8. What was special about at an earlier time in the Coach and Horses in 1984?

9. What does Ray talk to the bartender about?

10. What does Vic have with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Vince's adoption affected one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 2

Swift writes Last Orders in the first person and from different points of view. Why do you think Swift chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if Swift wrote it in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

In 2001, Fred Schepisi directed a film version of Last Orders, starring Michael Caine. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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