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

2. What does Bart tell Magliore to think about right before he leaves on January 15th?

3. What kind of volunteer work does Phil Drake do?

4. What quote from Richard Widmark does Bart recall when getting ready to fire the Weatherbee?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Bart tell the reporter about why he is doing what he is doing?

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

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

8. What happens to allow Bart to admit that he is crazy?

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

10. What is Bart's mental and verbal reaction to Mary asking if he has slept with anyone since they separated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does music mean to Bart?

Essay Topic 2

After finishing the novel, do you, the reader, understand his reasons for doing what he did?

Essay Topic 3

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

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