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

2. What is Harry's reaction about Marion and Big Tim's interactions?

3. What happens to Brody because of his drugs?

4. After Marion gets some drugs and feels better after their fight, what does she admit to Harry?

5. What do Harry and Tyrone do on the streets for safety after they no longer have a business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Brody's death foreshadow?

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

5. How does Sara's situation in the hospital elicit sympathy from readers?

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

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

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

9. How do Harry and Tyrone feel about the old junkie from Tyrone's jail cell?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax of a novel is debatable. What is the climax of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How does this novel deal with an important issue in society? What is its greatest comment on the society in which it is based?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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