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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 items does Bart fill with gasoline siphoned from the gas tank of his car?

2. What novel does Bart compare his neighborhood to on the evening of November 24th?

3. What is the only way that Bart sees his son, Charlie?

4. What does the sign of the hitchhiker have printed on it?

5. According to Bart, what is worse than spending his life in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bart tell the owner of the gun shop is the reason he is buying the guns?

2. Why does Bart tell Steve Ordner that the Waterford plant is a bad Idea?

3. Explain Mary's plan for buying a television.

4. Explain what Bart does to ensure that he cannot be followed from the fires he sets at the 784 construction site.

5. Who does Bart run into at the mall and what is this person doing now?

6. Describe Bart's dreams on the night he sets the fires at the 784 construction site.

7. What does Bart plan to do with the five hundred dollars he has in his pocket on December 12th?

8. Why is Bart upset about the new movie theaters that have been built?

9. What changes Bart's mind about going up to Olivia's room and accepting her invitation to share her bed?

10. As a kid, Bart had a .22 single shot rifle. What caused him to put away the rifle forever?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Bart's "insanity" explain his actions, or is there more behind it?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Bart's relationship with Mary throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Olivia mean so much to Bart?

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