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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 changes Theresa's mind about her sister's former husband?

2. When does Katherine take care of her problem?

3. What does James decide two days before the New Year?

4. Who is pitted against each other in the union strike?

5. Who teases Theresa during a wedding reception that he wants to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Theresa does in the bar when she sees Gary.

2. Discuss James' sexual experiences when he first meets Theresa.

3. After the incident at the party, what happens that convinces Theresa it is the last time she will see Tony?

4. Discuss Tony's background and family.

5. How does Theresa deal with James teasing that he wants to marry her?

6. Katherine looks to Theresa as someone to whom she can confess. What does Katherine confess in the November after Theresa moves away from the Bronx?

7. What is Theresa's concern about going to his mother's party with Tony? What does he tell her about her concern?

8. Discuss how Theresa feels when she sees Tony waiting for her after school and why she feels that way.

9. Discuss the first time James and Theresa make love.

10. What begins to turn Theresa off about Gary and why doesn't she just ask him to leave her apartment then?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevailed in Looking for Mr. Goodbar? Select a different type of conflict and explain how the story would have differed under that particular type of conflict.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of loneliness as a motif throughout the novel. How does the author depict loneliness? How do we know Theresa or any of the other characters are lonely?

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