View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Harry's first daydream about television shopping, how does he behave at Macy's?
(a) Carelessly.
(b) Mean.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Confidently.

2. What do Harry and Tyrone lie to Marion and Alice about?
(a) How much drugs they found.
(b) How much money they have.
(c) The company they keep.
(d) Where they have been.

3. As Sara becomes sicker, how often does Sara call the McDick Corporation?
(a) Several times a day.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) On Sunday.
(d) Every day.

4. What do Harry and Tyrone plan to do after they see Harlan Jefferson?
(a) Get their girlfriends.
(b) Divide and sell the drugs.
(c) Call a lawyer.
(d) Buy plane tickets.

5. What is the reaction of Sara and her friends when Harry brings her the television?
(a) They are happy to see him cleaned up.
(b) They are repulsed.
(c) They are indifferent.
(d) They don't recognize him at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do doctors chastise Sara in the hospital?

2. What specifically do Marion and Harry argue over one morning after Harry meets with Harlan Jefferson?

3. What mental ailment does Sara experience from her drug use?

4. Why does Marion vomit uncontrollably after visiting Arnold the second time?

5. How does Marion get the extra money Harry needs for his involvement with Harlan Jefferson?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Sara finally realized her reality in the hospital?

2. What is Tyrone and Alice's relationship like?

3. What is ironic about Harry's new state of addiction after his drug business collapses?

4. How does Harry make the pain of seeing his mother go away?

5. How is the doctor who prescribed Sara's diet pills hurting her?

6. What does the reader find out about Lyle Russel during Sara's first phone call to the McDick Corporation?

7. When Marion meets with Arnold a second time, what do Marion's interactions with Arnold foreshadow?

8. How severe is Sara's drug addiction as she continues her drug abuse?

9. After Sara abuses her diet pills, what are Sara's symptoms of drug use?

10. What does Sara's life consist of as the year comes to a close?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 880 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample