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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. What is the young man researching?

3. Where did Scott find Bill had taken refuge?

4. To whom does the author say the future belongs?

5. In what part of New York City is the publishing house located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Karen watching on television?

2. How does Karen describe Andy Warhol?

3. What does Maureen joke that is the only reason there are so few American faces?

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

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

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

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

8. What has happened to Bill in Chapter Eight?

9. What does Bill imagine about Brita's life?

10. Why does Scott say that he tells Bill what he does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters in the novel and discuss how their character changes through the story.

1. Karen

2. Bill

3. Scott

4. Brita

Essay Topic 3

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?

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