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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clay remember about his last Christmas in Palm Springs?
(a) The weather was so hot he could not sleep.
(b) His parents decided to get a divorce.
(c) The weather was too cold to get into the beach water.
(d) His grandmother's death.

2. Who does Clay do cocaine with at the club, The Edge?
(a) Kim.
(b) Lindsay.
(c) Muriel.
(d) Christie.

3. Who calls Clay to set-up a meeting between him and Julian?
(a) Rip.
(b) Kim.
(c) Blair.
(d) Daniel.

4. What does Clay do before Rip arrives to meet him in Part 5?
(a) Clay runs into some old friends.
(b) Clay drinks three glasses of wine.
(c) Clay buys a new cardigan.
(d) Clay watches a movie.

5. Where does Kim say her mom is while Blair and Clay are visiting?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) Palm Springs.
(c) At the store buying alcohol.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clay return home in Part 1?

2. What time does Clay wake up and leave Griffin's house?

3. What gift does Blair give Clay for Christmas?

4. Why do Blair and Kim pretend that they did not see Lene on television?

5. Why is Clay suspicious about loaning the money to Julian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clay's psychiatrist tell him during his visit? How does Clay react?

2. Describe the scene at Julian's house on King's Road when Clay arrives.

3. What images stick in Clay's head after he hears a particular song while in Los Angeles on vacation?

4. Why does Clay call his psychiatrist in Part 8? What does he tell his psychiatrist?

5. Where does Clay go after the party in Part 2? Why does he not go straight home?

6. What memories of Julian does Clay have while at the hotel and on the way to the club afterward?

7. What flashback does Clay have of his grandmother in Palm Springs when she had pancreatic cancer?

8. Why does Clay visit Muriel? What happens during his visit with Muriel? What happens after his visit with Muriel?

9. Describe Clay's day traveling from New Hampshire to Los Angeles.

10. Describe Clay's visit with the psychiatrist in Part 6 of the book.

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