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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. Where does Max go to find a date?

2. To what fast food restaurant does the Smythe family go to after church?

3. Max sees a show segment where people can call in to sponsor ______.

4. To where does Peggy Jean travel for a show?

5. Which of Max's family members is dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the general public's reaction to Max's indecent exposure?

2. Do you think there is any significance to the name of the place that Bebe and her date will be meeting for the first time? Why or why not?

3. Do you agree with Max's belief that much of life is luck?

4. Why is Don upset after a difficult cooking segment?

5. What do you think will happen once Adele knows she does not have any Native American ancestry?

6. How does Max feel about possibly becoming a porn star?

7. At the beginning of Chapter Four, how does Trish's father treat her?

8. How do you feel about Adele Oswald Crawley playing up her minimal Native American heritage?

9. Why does Max feel good about his audition for the voice-over for the cat food commercial?

10. How would you expect John to react to disturbing information Nikki shares with him after they have been intimate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In class you discussed the structure of the novel (chapter lengths, internal divisions of the chapters, etc.). The chapters were simply numbered with no titles. Why might the author have decided to use numbers and no titles? What are the benefits and disadvantages of this set-up for the reader? You may find it helpful, when structuring your response, to select one or two chapters and create titles for them, and use them as examples. (Sample: "If Burroughs had titled the first chapter 'Introduction,' one benefit for the reader would be...")

Essay Topic 2

The word "hypocrisy" is not reserved for talking about religion, though that is one of its most frequent usages. Do you think that any characters could be called hypocritical? Defend your response.

Essay Topic 3

The novel mentions the Lifetime television network often. Men in the novel--Max, in particular--seem to view Lifetime differently than women, such as Leigh and Bebe. How does each gender view the network? Why do you think there is such a difference between men and women on this issue in the novel?

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