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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 Bart realize about a woman's love on the day Charlie starts nursery school?

2. After dark on January 19th, what does Bart bring in from the garage?

3. What is the name of the reporter that Bart talks to about his reasoning for what he is doing?

4. On the morning of January 20th, what does Bart do with the explosives?

5. What time does Bart wake up on the morning of January 20th?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the physical attributes and power of the malglinite.

2. What is Fenner worried about regarding Bart's refusal to take the buy-out money and leave his home?

3. What were differences between the way Mary and Bart handled Charlie's first day at nursery school?

4. What precautions does Bart make prior to the police and men from the city showing up?

5. Explain Walt Hamner's Principle of The Pleasure Push.

6. How does Drake get the money to keep his coffee shop open?

7. What does Bart do, and think about, while looking at Charlie's clothes in the attic?

8. Why is Bart so upset at Steve Ordner regarding Vinnie Mason?

9. What is ironic about the reporter that Bart invites into his home during the stand-off with the police?

10. Why does Bart think that Fenner, the man from the city, is there to see him on the morning of January 5th?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Bart angry with Mary regarding the death of Charlie?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Bart's home mean so much to him that he is willing to do whatever needs to be done?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Bart's relationship with Sal Magliore.

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