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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 the beggar have stapled to his shirt?

2. What does Rashid tell Brita he doesn't want to hear about?

3. What does the torturer do after he pushes Julien to the floor?

4. What do Karen and Scott drive twenty two miles to buy?

5. Who does Karen say has a plan for all mankind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Charlie say George is an interesting sort of academic?

2. What do Karen and Scott do the following day?

3. What do Karen and Scott do when Karen arrives back at the house?

4. What does Scott contemplate in Bill's office?

5. What does Karen watch on TV at Brita's apartment?

6. What is the plan that Charlie lays out for Bill?

7. Summarize the novel.

8. How does Bill die in this section?

9. What does Rashid say about Chairman Mao?

10. How does Karen become acquainted with the homeless people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What does the Mao picture symbolize in the context of the story? How is Mao compared to the main character Bill?

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