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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 happened one day when Hamper left journalism class on drugs?
2. How did Hamper and Joanie overcome their initial shyness toward each other?
3. How did management generally run the factory?
4. What plans did Hamper and Dale have together for their careers?
5. What was the routine when Joanie visited Hamper's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Hamper's father an anomaly among fathers? Even at a young age, what was Hamper's opinion of him? How might this affect his own development in the future?
2. To what does Hamper attribute his success at the beginning of high school? How does this fit into his plans for his life?
3. What promises did the Plant Manager make during the factory meeting? How did Hamper's retelling of the speech change its tone?
4. Who were Lightnin' and Same-O? What did their lives say about Hamper's future?
5. "I'm thinking that rock stars, even dead ones, don't come cheap" (pg xix). In the context of the Prologue, what does this quote mean?
6. What system did Dale and Hamper rig up at work? How did this again change Hamper's attitude toward his job?
7. How did Hamper's stories about life after high school reveal the time period in which they were written? What clues did he give by telling how much things cost?
8. How did Hamper's marriage to Joanie end? Given his tone in the writing, what do you think his attitude was during this time?
9. Why is Hamper's description of Flint, Michigan, at the beginning of Chapter 2, a powerful one?
10. At the end of Chapter 1, what did Hamper reveal about his hopes for the future? What insight did he show about the past?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role did the time clock play in Hamper's life? How did it become his worst enemy?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 5, Hamper recounts the behaviors and antics of several of his coworkers. What makes these stories funny? How does Hamper choose words and phrases to emphasize the humor of the stories?
Essay Topic 3
Several times throughout the book, Hamper gives foreshadowing of his mental breakdown. Where are these references? Do they prepare the reader for what is coming?
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