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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 is the name of the boy Karen befriends?

2. What is the name of Bill's daughter?

3. Who does Bill think about for the first time at the end of this section?

4. Who does the graffiti say should go home?

5. In whose position does Bill try to put himself at the end of this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Karen think about on the plane?

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

6. How does the boy torture the prisoner?

7. Describe the part of Beirut Brita is driving through at the beginning of the section.

8. What does Bill realize about his writing in this section?

9. Who is Omar and how does he help Karen?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1970s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Marriage

2. Writing

3. Terrorism

Essay Topic 3

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?

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