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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. Which word best describes Nicholas?
(a) Scary.
(b) Important.
(c) Unhygenic.
(d) Experienced.

2. What transportation does Ellen take when she goes home?
(a) Ferry.
(b) Subway.
(c) Taxi.
(d) She walks.

3. According to the narrator of Blow, which word best describes the predictions Bill makes?
(a) Accurate.
(b) Irritating.
(c) Insulting.
(d) Wrong.

4. What is the name of one of the Lust narrator's girl friends?
(a) Jilly.
(b) Grace.
(c) Jenlyn.
(d) Heather.

5. What does Bill do to stay awake?
(a) He smokes cigarettes continuously.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the party ends at the second location, where does Ellen go?

2. In what condition does Tim arrive at Owen's home?

3. What is the setting for Sparks?

4. What does Liz want Owen to be?

5. What does Bill claim to have insight into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a symbol from the story City Night.

2. Describe Bill and the narrator's relationship in Blow.

3. Describe the relationship between Owen and Tim.

4. Why is the first person perspective important in the story Sparks?

5. According to the story Lunch with Harry, what are European values?

6. Describe Bill.

7. Describe the behavior Nicholas exhibits the morning after the party.

8. What is the purpose of the narrator's first person perspective in Blow?

9. What is the author's message behind the story Lust?

10. Describe Harry from Lunch with Harry.

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