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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. After two weeks on the diet pills, what physical side effects does Sara have?
2. At the end of the year, where does Sara sit every day?
3. How much coffee a day does Sara drink after two weeks on the diet pills?
4. How does Harry make his feelings about Sara go away?
5. How does Marion get the extra money Harry needs for his involvement with Harlan Jefferson?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the conflict at Marion's apartment when Harry and Tyrone return with drugs after scrounging on the street?
2. Why would Marion vomit while with Big Tim?
3. How does Harry prepare to go to his mother's house after buying Sara a television?
4. What feeling comprises Sara's life in the hospital?
5. After Sara abuses her diet pills, what are Sara's symptoms of drug use?
6. When Marion meets with Arnold a second time, what do Marion's interactions with Arnold foreshadow?
7. What does the reader learn about Tyrone and his past that indirectly characterizes him?
8. How are Harry and Tyrone quickly deteriorating as they head south?
9. How does Sara's situation in the hospital elicit sympathy from readers?
10. What do Marion and Harry hide from each other about their drug connections?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the literary effect of the story zigzagging between Harry and Sara's drug dependencies and downfalls?
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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