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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 album is on Bart's record player when he sets off the bombs?

2. What author does Waly Hamner steal this quote from: "The center does not hold"?

3. What time do the men come to take possession of Bart's home?

4. According to Bart, what activity is soothing and sane?

5. What are the new laundry mats going to be called?

Short Essay Questions

1. When talking to Steve Ordner, on January 18th, what does Bart threaten Steve with?

2. What is Magliore's explanation behind his murders being "good"?

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

4. Why is it important that Bart runs into Drake in the den at the New Year's Eve party?

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

6. What specific information does Fenner have on Bart to force a faster sale on Bart's home?

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

8. Explain Walt Hamner's Tidal Effect principle.

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

10. What does Bart think about when he first sees Mary at the New Year's Eve party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Olivia mean so much to Bart?

Essay Topic 2

What does music mean to Bart?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Mr. Piazzi's dog.

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