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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 Big Tim try to help Marion relax?

2. After weeks on the diet pills, what makes Sara happy?

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

4. Weeks of drug use has left Sara with what physical pain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens at the McDick Corporation concerning Sara?

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

4. What do Harry and Marion's lives consist of as the year comes to a close?

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

6. How does Harry feel about his mom after their visit in Chapter 3, Part 32?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tyrone change throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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."

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the novel opening and closing with Sara watching television?

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