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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 Rashid say women should carry?

2. How does Karen say she got from the bus station?

3. What is the name of the sect leader?

4. What is the name of the new soft drink?

5. What does Bill say he devoutly wants to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe George Haddad?

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

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

5. How does the boy torture the prisoner?

6. What does Brita see from her bombed out apartment at the end of this section?

7. Summarize this section.

8. How does Bill die in this section?

9. Why doesn't George like using a word processor?

10. What does Karen think about on the plane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bill's relationship with one of the following people.

1. Scott

2. Karen

3. Charlie

4. Liz

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What parallels does the author draw between terrorism and writing? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this comparison?

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