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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 specifically do Marion and Harry argue over one morning after Harry meets with Harlan Jefferson?

2. How does Dr. Reynolds treat Sara?

3. What does Harry keep from Marion as he works the streets more?

4. What happy memory does Tyrone recall from living with his mother?

5. What happens to Tyrone after he buys a few bundles of heroin on the street?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Tyrone changed now that he dips into the stash?

3. What happens at the McDick Corporation concerning Sara?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. When Marion meets with Arnold a second time, what do Marion's interactions with Arnold foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the most violent scene from the novel? How does this scene add to the overall meaning?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

As the end of the year nears, Sara as well as Harry and his friends have similar activities during the day. What are these activities and how do they speak to the characters' drug addictions?

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