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

2. On January 5th, what happens to the lady at the store?

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

4. What does Bart do to the album that he does not like?

5. What does the nursery school teacher call Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bart's relationship with Phil Drake.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Bart's climb from low-man-on-the-totem-pole to office executive at Blue Ribbon Laundry.

Essay Topic 3

After seeing the woman die in the grocery store, Bart changed. How did Bart change?

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