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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 does Drake get the money to run his coffee shop?

2. How many people come to take possession of Bart's home?

3. What movie does Bart go see on January 16th?

4. What news does Bart drop on Steve regarding Steve's honesty during the last five years at Blue Ribbon?

5. What is the only thing about the night that Bart took the drugs that really bothers him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Magliore sent men out to "wash" Bart's home. What does this mean, and what did they find?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Why is the chapter "Stoptime, January 20, 1974" written as one long rambling thought?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Mr. Piazzi's dog.

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