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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 meat do the characters eat for dinner?

2. How does Brita feel as she is setting up the camera?

3. What is the name of Scott's partner?

4. How did Scott first make contact with Bill?

5. What was the name of the town where Scott met Karen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scott meet Bill?

2. Describe the tour of Bill's house.

3. How does Brita come to the conclusion that she wants to photograph only writers?

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

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

6. How does Brita express her nervousness at the beginning of Chapter Three?

7. How does Charlie want Bill to help him with the hostage in Beirut?

8. How does Karen escape her cousins at the airport?

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

10. How does Karen describe Andy Warhol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

What did Scott first find in Bill's writing that he liked? Why did Bill decide to take on Scott? Has Scott helped or hindered Bill? How would Bill cope without him?

Essay Topic 3

Who were the Moonies? What influence did they have on American popular culture during the seventies? Why does Karen find it so difficult to escape them both physically and mentally? Why does the author represent them as threatening? Is this an accurate representation?

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