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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 does Brita catch in the starkness of Bill's eyes?

2. Where doKaren and Scott talk about Karen's problems?

3. What kind of fish does Charlie say he recommends to writers at restaurants?

4. What does Charles say kept buzzing in his head when he went home to sleep after a night out in the fifties?

5. Why does Scott think Bill is as famous as he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brita say she can't talk seriously in cars?

2. Why does Brita say she is scared of writers?

3. How does Scott become acquainted with Karen?

4. How does Scott meet Bill?

5. Why doesn't Karen think Scott minds her sleeping with Bill?

6. With what does Scott say he has experience since his time in the city?

7. What does Bill say binds terrorists and writers?

8. What does Charlie say is Bill's idea of a writer's life?

9. How does Charlie say he is dealing with his current crop of moaning writers?

10. What does Moon think about the faces looking at him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does it say about Karen's character and upbringing that she becomes involved with things and people so deeply? What do you think Karen learned about life from her time with the Unification Church?

Essay Topic 2

What are the author's views on the following subjects.

1. Marriage

2. Writing

3. Terrorism

Essay Topic 3

What is Charlie's role in the novel? How would the novel change if he was not one of the characters? How does he wake Bill up to other matters in life? In what way is he the only character that could have done this?

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