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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. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?

2. Which team did Thompson bet on in "Death of a Poet"?

3. What did Leach tell Thompson he was about to do when he arrived?

4. What is the tunnel made of in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

5. Thompson was anxious to see ______________and celebrate a victory in "Death of a Poet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Leach introduce "Jennifer" in "Death of a Poet"?

2. Who "wrote" the opening chapter of "Screwjack"? What exposition is revealed here?

3. What did Leach tell the narrator was the savior of his marriage in "Death of a Poet"?

4. How is the narrative style of "Screwjack" similar to the other stories in the collection? How does it differ?

5. What other work had Thompson written centering on the character F.X. Leach?

6. Where had the narrator arrived in "Death of a Poet"? What did he see upon arrival?

7. What lines open "Death of a Poet"? To whom are they attributed?

8. What image did the narrator imagine of Leach's neighbors in "Death of a Poet"?

9. What did Screwjack do to the second narrator?

10. What did Screwjack do in the ending of the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Thompson's interactions with the flower children in "Mescalito." What was ironic about their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the collection of drugs Thompson ingested in "Mescalito." What were the effects of each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the title character in "Screwjack." What kind of animal is Screwjack? What is he symbolic of in the narrative?

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