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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 Theresa's college English professor?

2. What happens when Katherine becomes pregnant?

3. How many children are in Theresa's family?

4. What is happening when Gary awakens?

5. Who is the father of Katherine's first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss why Katherine stops visiting Theresa when she is hospitalized for surgery.

2. Discuss the size of Theresa's family and the ages of her and her siblings.

3. Discuss what Ohio police find in Gary's jacket and the significance of it.

4. What does Theresa threaten when Gary won't leave and how does he react?

5. What helps Theresa out of her post-college graduation depression and why?

6. Discuss Gary's family life.

7. Describe Theresa's English professor.

8. Discuss Theresa's thoughts the night before she moves away from home to begin college.

9. What, other than a ride, does Gary pick up while hitchhiking. Why is it important?

10. Discuss the confession that proves to Theresa that Katherine is not perfect.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's writing experience and her successes of this book and others.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the mental impact of Theresa's childhood physical illness on the decisions she made as an adult. How does her childhood illness affect her decisions regarding sex, marriage and family?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the conflict and the crisis in Looking for Mr. Goodbar. How are the conflict and crisis in the story different and what are there similarities?

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