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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. Where does Angel work?
(a) The racetrack.
(b) A bar.
(c) The morgue.
(d) A shopping mall.

2. What hope does Marion have every night?
(a) That Tyrone would fall in love with her.
(b) That she could sketch.
(c) That Harry would return to her.
(d) That she would call her parents.

3. When do Harry and Tyrone start their day?
(a) After sunset.
(b) Noon.
(c) Whenever they wake up.
(d) Early in the morning.

4. Why does Sara return to Ada's after eating breakfast?
(a) For drugs.
(b) For a peptalk.
(c) For another dye treatment.
(d) For lunch.

5. What pact do Harry and Tyrone make concerning the drugs from Brody?
(a) They will not do any.
(b) They will only sell to certain people.
(c) They will not get strung out.
(d) They will hide them from Marion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sara go outside during her first day of dieting?

2. Why does Marion feel she must have dinner with Arnold?

3. After Sara's first pill and diet regimen, what happens to her stomach?

4. Why does Sara feel important as her first day of dieting continues?

5. What does Sara begin over-consuming as she begins taking her diet pills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Looking at the kind of food Marion buys, how does this relate to her life?

2. How do people around Harry and Tyrone try to escape?

3. Why is Harry's daydream at Tyrone's apartment important to the theme of the novel?

4. In Part 3, how is reality infringing on Harry and Marion as they first struggle in their relationship?

5. After Sara slides the key under the closet door, why does she refuse to emerge even as Harry rolls the television out of the door?

6. How hard does Sara try to diet? Why?

7. What drugs is Sara abusing and how does her abuse affect her?

8. Why are Tyrone and Harry able to function at work?

9. What feelings does Marion miss?

10. How do Harry and Marion have an oblivious separation from reality?

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