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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. How do the operators at the McDick Corporation treat Sara at the end of the year?
(a) They immediately hang up on her.
(b) They try to be patient.
(c) They openly mock Sara.
(d) They are too kind.

2. What specifically do Marion and Harry argue over one morning after Harry meets with Harlan Jefferson?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Their jobs.
(d) Other men.

3. Why does Sara fear mealtime in the hospital?
(a) The food is forced down her throat.
(b) The food tastes terrible.
(c) Sara doesn't want to gain weight.
(d) Sara dislikes the cafeteria.

4. What happens to Tyrone after he buys a few bundles of heroin on the street?
(a) Addicts stab Tyrone.
(b) Tyrone runs away.
(c) People mug Tyrone.
(d) Cops arrest Tyrone.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sara go to her first shock therapy session?

3. Why do Harry and Tyrone split up on the streets?

4. What does Harry wear when he visits his mother to give her the television?

5. Why does Sara initially call the McDick Corporation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harry's internal conflict concerning Marion when they cannot find a drug connection?

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

3. What is Harry and Tyrone's relationship like as they work the streets?

4. How has Tyrone changed now that he dips into the stash?

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

6. What happens at the McDick Corporation concerning Sara?

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

8. What will Sara's life be like now that she is in a state mental hospital?

9. What does Brody's death foreshadow?

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

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