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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 does Gerry have in the home, according to Carol as she is describing her home?

2. Bernie says that if he were a ______________, he'd offer her a drink when she came in the door.

3. Carol tells Bernie that he's wasted at the ____________ where he currently works.

4. Where does Carol admit to working when Bernie asks her about this part of her life?

5. Who makes Carol's apartment seem cramped from time to time, according to Carol?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Bernie lived in his current apartment, according to his admission to Carol?

2. What is Bernie's reaction to Carol's comment about him being wasted at the restaurant?

3. Why did Bernie get fired from the phone company, according to the story Bernie relates at the start of the chapter?

4. What does Carol describe as the most important institution in America when she is talking with Bernie?

5. What kind of worker did Bernie see himself as when he was working for the phone company?

6. Why did Bernie chew out a young lieutenant when he was in the military, according to his side of the story?

7. How did Carol find Bernie, according to her when she and Bernie are talking in his apartment?

8. What is Bernie doing in the picture that Carol is looking at when the scene opens?

9. What does Bernie start doing that Carol tells him he doesn't have to do during their visit?

10. Why can't Bernie quite understand why he got fired from his phone company job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carol points out that AA helped her track down her father, though it would seem that AA would try to keep their members anonymous.

Part 1: Why do you think AA would have helped Carol find her father?

Part 2: If someone had found you through AA, how might you have reacted? Why?

Part 3: Do you think anonymity is important to those in AA? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The small talk that Bernie and Carol share works to help them both feel polite and comfortable with each other.

Part 1: Why do you think small talk is so important in society?

Part 2: How do you think Bernie and Carol should interact? Or are they doing things 'right' at the beginning?

Part 3: Why do you think people feel they have to be polite about the other's living arrangements?

Essay Topic 3

Carol makes the statement that she thinks coming from a broken home has affected her marriage.

Part 1: Do you agree that Carol came from a broken home? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think a broken home might lead to a broken marriage?

Part 3: How do you think the broken home history of Carol has affected her marriage?

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