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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 business did Ray's father own?

2. What kind of shop did Jack own?

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

4. What color tie is Vince wearing?

5. What is Jack's middle name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vince say he hated his father for doing?

3. Why did Vince start to feel guilt during the trips to the seaside?

4. How did Vince rebel against Jack?

5. Why was Amy disappointed in Jack?

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

7. What big news did Susie tell Ray?

8. How did Vince think differently to Jack?

9. What does Ray talk to the bartender about?

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

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

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 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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