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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 kind of bicycle does Vic McQueen love and own in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
2. What is Nurse Thornton’s first name in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
3. “Spicy Menace” is described as what literary genre in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
4. What is Charlie Manx’s full name in the novel?
5. How are the little boy’s teeth described when he turns to Vic inside the Rolls-Royce in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Vic when she returns from the Library across the Shorter Way Bridge in "The Librarian, 1991"?
2. How is Vic’s condition described after she crosses back over the Shorter Way Bridge following the retrieval of the bracelet in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
3. What does the narrator remark about the experiences of the drivers in the first two abductions in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
4. What are Vic’s first impressions of the house that she finds at “The Other End of the Bridge” in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
5. What gift does Bing recall getting from his father for Christmas in "Spicy Menace, 1990"? What did his father tell him about the gift?
6. Where does Vic find her Tuff Burner bike in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? What does she do after finding it?
7. Where does Vic first see Charlie Manx in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Where does Vic run to flee?
8. What advertisement is described in the beginning of "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
9. Whose disappearance is described first in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? Where does this abduction take place?
10. Where does Bing Partridge live and work, according to the narrator in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sexuality in NOS4A2
a. Discuss the differences and similarities between male and female sexuality in the novel. How does Bing view women? Do his views change in the course of the novel?
b. How are the characters of Vic and Maggie alike? How do they differ? Are their views on sexuality similar or different?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Vic McQueen as the protagonist of NOS4A2. How old is Vic when her character is first introduced? What does Vic enjoy doing? How does Vic react to the Shorter Way Bridge when she first crosses it? How does Vic’s character evolve in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Nurse Ellen Thornton and her encounter with Charles Manx in the “Prologue: Season’s Greetings, December 2008.” What does Charlie say to Nurse Thornton? How does Nurse Thornton tend to regard her patients in the prison infirmary? How is she affected by her encounter with Manx?
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