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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 is Joy by name Joy by nature?

2. How is Mandy related to Neville?

3. Where did Ray and Amy have sex?

4. Who did Amy love to watch camping out in the nearby fields?

5. How did Vince sell out Lenny's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vince feel uncomfortable about seeing Jack's body?

2. What did Jack ask Ray to do for him?

3. What deal did Vince offer Ray for the use of his yard?

4. How do the friends spread Jack's ashes?

5. How did Vince feel about giving money to Jack?

6. How do the characters cope climbing up the hill?

7. Why did Vince think changes were happening in the sixties?

8. What photograph does Vince think about?

9. How does Lenny react when Vince leaves behind Jack's remains?

10. How did Amy meet Jack?

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

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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