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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 Vince forget to take with him?

2. Where did Jack and Amy go for their honeymoon

3. What killed Vince's parents?

4. What two characters have never seen Canterbury Cathedral?

5. Who does Vince hand Jack to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lenny react when Vince starts to unscrew Jack's jar?

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

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

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

5. What does Vince do at Wick's farm?

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

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

8. How did Mandy meet Vince?

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

10. What does Vince say they are looking for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) It was people's ability to travel and not music that changed society in the sixties.

2) The working class characters are often too cliche to have any real impact on the reader.

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