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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. What happens to Harry and Tyrone's drug business after much success?

2. How does Sara behave during her first shock therapy session?

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

4. Whom did Tyrone end up living with after his mother?

5. Who does the street-work for Harry and Tyrone's drug business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens at the McDick Corporation concerning Sara?

5. How does heroin influence Harry's reality as he television shops?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism behind the name "McDick Corporation"?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the literary effect of the story zigzagging between Harry and Sara's drug dependencies and downfalls?

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