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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 was the author in constant fear of in Chapter 4?

2. What is described at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What writing style does the author repeat throughout the book?

4. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?

5. Who was Ligget?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe that he and Tobey found together as kids?

2. Describe the author's writing style in the first chapter.

3. As a child, where did the author go in the winter time?

4. Where did Dagmar and Jean work during the winter time in Chapter 4?

5. What did Tobey and the author do when the author went with Tobey's family?

6. Describe what the prologue does for the reader.

7. In Chapter 2, why did the author and his family move, and what did they do?

8. Where did the author go at the end of Chapter 7?

9. What happened at the school the author attended in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 2, who does the author narrate having a frightening encounter with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss how the author's friendship with Tobey in their adolescence to their teenage years changes, and discuss what happened to bring about this change.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Conroy suggests about his school and the higher the class in the building meant to him. What is his metaphor in the school building's description?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze how the policeman and disillusionment to the author's archetypal life pattern relate to a typical emotional state found in teenagers.

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