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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 much does the woman behind Bart cash her social security check for?

2. According to Phil Drake, what happens to the body when one commits suicide?

3. Mary questions Bart about the money from the sale of the house. What does his splitting the money down the middle mean?

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

5. What do the two men of Magliore's do to Bart's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Fenner believe that Bart has gone crazy during the stand-off?

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

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

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

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

8. Explain Walt Hamner's Tidal Effect principle.

9. Why is Bart so upset at Steve Ordner regarding Vinnie Mason?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bart's relationship with Phil Drake.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Bart's multiple conversations with Fred.

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