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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. Why does Henry like this one relative of Joyce's?

2. What day is it when Henry stands up to the town bully?

3. Who is G.G.?

4. What does Henry say when he reports to Prell station?

5. What happens to Battles in Chapter 1 that depresses a supervisor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Joyce wants to divorce Henry?

2. Why does Henry decide to go to work for the postal service?

3. From whom and how does Matthew Battles steal, and whom does this disappoint?

4. What is The Stone's reaction to Henry's clawed up face after the registered letter incident?

5. What does Henry do when he has a handful of mail addressed to a church with no mailbox?

6. How does the woman who has the registered letter on Route 511 respond to Henry, and what does this lead to him doing in response?

7. Why does the midget take Henry and drive him around town?

8. Describe the over-reaction Henry has to one of the women on Route 511 in Chapter 1, parts 12-17.

9. Describe Jonstone.

10. How does the author describe Joyce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between Henry and his wife Betty. How do they bring out the worst in each other?

Essay Topic 2

How does sex play an major role in Chapter 3? What is Henry more addicted to, sex or alcohol?

Essay Topic 3

How does Henry display sensitivity after Betty's death, and why is this a rare happening in the novel? What part of Henry's personality prevents him from being a sensitive person?

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