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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 does Vic eat at the pub?

2. What does Vince presume would happen to the money he gave Jack?

3. What was the name of the horse Ray placed a bet on for Jack?

4. Where did Ray make up any lost income?

5. Why did Jack have to close the Butcher's shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vic remember about the funeral at Fairfax Park Hospital?

3. What do the characters think about as they look at the war memorial?

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

5. How did Amy meet Jack?

6. What problems has Lenny had with his daughter Sally?

7. Why did Ray refuse to sell Jack his camper van?

8. How did an affair start between Ray and Amy?

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

10. What does Vince regret doing to his daughter Kathy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline Jack's influence on his or her life:

1) Vince

2) Lenny

3) Amy

4) Vic

5) Ray

Essay Topic 2

Examine Swift's writing style. How would you describe Swift's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does Swift's style give to the story?

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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