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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aunt Emily keep such a close eye on John?
(a) She wants John to marry Kate.
(b) She does not want him to become like his father.
(c) She wants John to be just like his father.
(d) She wishes John were her son.

2. What becomes clearer about John's relationship to his mother?
(a) He is a "mama's boy."
(b) It is easygoing, but she does not understand him.
(c) He does not have a mother.
(d) They hate each other.

3. In Chapter 1, what is revealed as a central theme of the book?
(a) The city of New Orleans.
(b) Difficult Relationships.
(c) Love.
(d) Movies.

4. Why does John lust after Sharon?
(a) Her normally lusts after women he hardly knows and cannot communicate with.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) He is a sex addict.
(d) She flirts with him all the time.

5. What ails John's brother, Lonnie?
(a) He is disabled.
(b) He is very depressed.
(c) He is autistic.
(d) He is mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John find at his house at 3:00 a.m.?

2. How is Emily related to John?

3. What indicates a close relationship between John and his aunt?

4. Who does John run into after lunch (at the library)?

5. To whom was Kate, Jack's cousin, once engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does John feel that he has fallen in love with?

2. Why is Lonnie fasting?

3. Who does John run into after lunch with his aunt?

4. Who has Kate started seeing to help with her depression?

5. What important question does John ask Kate in this chapter?

6. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

7. What does John do in order to escape from his life?

8. The novel opens with John receiving some bad news. What is it?

9. What is John searching for as the novel begins?

10. Where do the two decide to go once at the Gulf Coast and why is John surprised when they arrive?

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