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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 best describes Big Tim's apartment?
(a) Quaint and smelly.
(b) Tacky and plush.
(c) Large and well furnished.
(d) Small and dirty.

2. How are the police involved in the Harlan Jefferson situation?
(a) The police are uninvolved in the situation.
(b) The police provide riot gear.
(c) The police are paid off.
(d) The police have undercover cops stationed.

3. Who helps Harry and Marion find drugs toward the end of the year?
(a) Alice.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Gogit.

4. How many siblings did Tyrone have?
(a) Six.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. After Marion gets some drugs and feels better after their fight, what does she admit to Harry?
(a) She wants to enter rehab.
(b) She has a boyfriend.
(c) She is losing her grip.
(d) She wants to end their relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tyrone decide to buy his current apartment?

2. Where do Harry and Tyrone feed their habit at the end of the year?

3. At the end of the year, how does Sara pass her days?

4. Who does not feel the weight of the act that Marion will do with Big Tim?

5. Where does Marion go without telling Harry as they continue struggling to find drugs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What characterizes Marion and Harry's relationship as their drug addictions continually worsen?

4. What do Marion and Harry hide from each other about their drug connections?

5. How has Marion and Harry's relationship forever changed after Marion meets with Arnold a second time?

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

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

8. What is the conflict at Marion's apartment when Harry and Tyrone return with drugs after scrounging on the street?

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

10. What feeling comprises Sara's life in the hospital?

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