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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 are people doing when Clay arrives at Blair's party?
2. Where does Clay's grandfather spend Christmas Eve?
3. Who is at Clay's mother's house when he arrives from the airport?
4. Where does Muriel hide out while at Kim's house?
5. What does Clay find his sisters doing on the morning after Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is happening at Clay's mother's house when he eventually arrives home from the party he attended with Trent?
2. Describe the scene of the party that Clay attends with Trent at the start of Part 2. What happens at the party? Who is at the party?
3. What does Clay do before his date with Blair in Part 7? What do they do on their date? What happens when they go to Spago?
4. Who does Clay attend the Christmas party with in Part 3 of the novel? Why do they choose to leave the party early? What do they do after they leave the party?
5. What discovery does Ross make in the alley? How do Rip and Clay react to the discovery?
6. What does Lene tell Blair, Kim, and Clay when they see her? Why do Kim and Blair pretend that they do not know about Lene's good news?
7. What memories of Julian does Clay have while at the hotel and on the way to the club afterward?
8. What happens when Clay and Julian go to the hotel to meet Mr. Erikson?
9. Describe Clay's visit with the psychiatrist in Part 6 of the book.
10. Describe Clay's day traveling from New Hampshire to Los Angeles.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Julian continuously have flashbacks of his life in Palm Springs? Why do these flashbacks seem to always focus on his grandmother and grandfather? Provide at least two reasons for each question and explain your reasons. Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Clay have breakdowns throughout the novel? What assistance, if any, does his psychiatrist provide? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Why are all of the characters in the novel, Less Than Zero, in some stage of desperation? Why and how do they choose to numb the intensity of any possible alienation or pain? Please use specific examples from the book.
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