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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. Who borrows £5 from Ray?

2. What does Viv have the benefit of in the navy?

3. What does Vic order to drink?

4. What is the name of the men's pub?

5. Who does Lenny ask Ray about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why was Amy disappointed in Jack?

7. What conversation does Vince remember having with Jack?

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

9. Who do the friends toast in the pub?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Was generational gap expressed in Last Orders particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Swift use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

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