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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. Who helps Harry and Marion find drugs toward the end of the year?

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

3. What do the hospital's drugs do to Sara?

4. How do Tyrone and Harry get a car to take south?

5. What is Sara's reaction to Harry's gift for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Harry's internal conflict concerning Marion when they cannot find a drug connection?

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

6. What does Brody's death foreshadow?

7. How severe is Sara's drug addiction as she continues her drug abuse?

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

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

10. How is the doctor who prescribed Sara's diet pills hurting her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the novel's title. Why would two words ("requiem" and "dream") with such seemingly opposite meanings be in the title together?

Essay Topic 2

This novel's characters do not have the standard qualities of a protagonist. Who is the novel's protagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does the motif of damaged mother and son relationships grow throughout the novel?

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