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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. How many shells does the .460 Weatherbee hold?

2. What does Mary call Bart in regards to Charlie's death?

3. What does the nursery school teacher call Charlie?

4. After seeing the pristine snow cover in the back yard, what does Bart want to do?

5. What does Bart do with the canape that Mary brings to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Steve Ordner claim that Bart is becoming paranoid?

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

3. Why is Bart's backyard different this winter than it has been in the past?

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

5. Why does Drake refuse the five thousand dollar donation that Bart tries to give him?

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

7. Why did people look at Bart funny when he withdrew over thirty thousand dollars from the bank?

8. After test-firing the Weatherbee, Bart claims that he feels ill. Why?

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

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

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

Discuss Bart's mental status throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Bart's trips to the 784 extension observation deck.

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