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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. What does Harry do while he waits for Tyrone to buy drugs?
(a) Writes Marion a poem.
(b) Calls Sara.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Listens to the radio and smokes.

2. What helps Sara's optimism with her diet?
(a) Finding a husband who appreciates her new body.
(b) Imagining her bank account.
(c) Reading her diet books.
(d) Thoughts of her with the announcer on a television game show.

3. Why does Sara feel triumphant over the refrigerator?
(a) Sara has lost all her weight.
(b) Sara is replacing the refrigerator.
(c) Sara emptied the refrigerator.
(d) Sara is enjoying food once again.

4. After lunch on Sara's first day of dieting, what does Sara debate?
(a) The success of her diet.
(b) Her ability to go on television.
(c) Her desire to get more money.
(d) The severity of Harry's drug addiction.

5. As Harry describes his mother to Marion, what does Marion think of Sara from Harry's description?
(a) That Sara is unpretentious.
(b) That Sara is mentally ill.
(c) That Sara is lazy.
(d) That Sara is like her mom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tyrone and Harry sell drugs?

2. How does Marion try to capture every object around her?

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

4. How much money do Harry and Tyrone make weekly from selling drugs?

5. What fills Tony's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Harry and Sara's sleeping patterns similar?

2. Why is Marion able to sketch again?

3. What are the repercussions of Sara's addictions?

4. What does Marion not realize about her parents?

5. What does Sara's reaction to the phone call from Lyle Russel say about her life?

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

7. Why would Marion ask Arnold about his wife?

8. Why does Harry want to buy Sara a television?

9. 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?

10. How does Sara juggle her two addictions?

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