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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does a nurse leave Sara alone for two days?

3. What does the final phone representative whom Sara speaks with do for her?

4. What does the old junkie tell Tyrone concerning drug use?

5. Why does Sara fear the food cart in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Brody's death foreshadow?

7. What does the reader learn about Tyrone and his past that indirectly characterizes him?

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

9. How does Harry prepare to go to his mother's house after buying Sara a television?

10. How are Harry and Tyrone quickly deteriorating as they head south?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Marion's relationship with Big Tim signify the completion of her downfall?

Essay Topic 2

The police are mentioned sporadically throughout the novel. How are they portrayed? Students may want to look at the police involvement in the Harlan Jefferson drug sale as well as Tyrone's arrest.

Essay Topic 3

Are Sara's friends loyal friends, or are they friends when it suits them? Consider what is said as they visit Sara in the hospital: "They look at their friend of so many years, trying hard to understand. They stayed for an endless hour then reluctantly, but with a sigh of relief, left . . . They sat waiting for a bus, tears flowing from their eyes. They hugged each other."

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