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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 has a Wednesday night date with Theresa?

2. What repulses Theresa about Gary?

3. How does Katherine plan to solve her problem?

4. How does Theresa get even with her ex-brother in law?

5. Why does Theresa change clothes when her Saturday date arrives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss what happens at his mother's party that changes Theresa's relationship with Tony.

3. Discuss the first time Theresa misses school.

4. Discuss the confrontation between Rose and Theresa.

5. Why does Theresa decide to leave the Bronx?

6. Discuss why and how Theresa tries to end her relationship with James at Christmas.

7. 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?

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

9. Discuss Tony's background and family.

10. Discuss the use of marijuana in Theresa's life when she lives in Manhattan.

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

Discuss the unusual structure of the novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar. How does it differ from a traditionally structured novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss Theresa as a major character and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How does Theresa fit the definition of major character? How do the minor characters fit the definition?

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