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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 Shura's last name in the novel?

2. On what day does Alice go to visit Shura in Chapter 23?

3. Whose picture does Shura show Alice in Chapter 22?

4. Where does Shura meet Peter Mille?

5. Who is Christopher's stepmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice write about in Chapter 21 of her sons?

2. What exposition does Shura reveal following his wife's death?

3. What drug does Shura focus on in Chapter 4? What are his observations of the drug?

4. What leads up to Alice's near-death experience in Chapter 17?

5. What are some of the bad traits Alice describes of herself and Shura in Chapter 28?

6. Describe Alice and Shura's experience with DOM in Chapter 25.

7. What were Shura's education plans following high school? How did they turn out?

8. What is the second occasion where Alice and Shura meet?

9. What synthesis does Shura attempt in Chapter 5? What delays this work?

10. What does Shura reveal to Alice about Ursula in Chapter 20? What is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the emotional risk and emotional connection experienced by the characters during their explorations with phenethylamines. How do they justify the risks? Would you?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that family has to each of the main characters in the novel. How do the characters' relationships with their families impact their relationships with one another?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of love, sexuality, and relationships in the novel. How do the three principle characters of the love triangle influence each other's actions?

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