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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 pets do Candy's sisters keep?
2. How did Candy drink from his mother?
3. Why does Candy pray to his mother?
4. What is the only other living thing Frank notices in the alley?
5. What does Frank carry with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Julie see when she drives toward Bobby and what does she do?
2. What do Bobby and Julie find out that Rasmussen is up to in Decodyne?
3. How does Frank feel in Chapter eleven and what doe she do because of this feeling?
4. What does Bobby say to Julie to reassure her that she is a good person?
5. What insights does Julie have about her brother and what does she think will make him happy?
6. What does Frank see as he looks out the window of the abandoned apartment complex he has chosen as his hiding place?
7. What is Candy appalled to learn from Violet?
8. How does Frank try to rationalize his inability to sleep and then what does he eventually admit is the true reason for this inability?
9. How does Bobby's dream about Julie change from the start where it is the ideal life in their new home?
10. What happens when Frank opens up the door to the abandoned car he finds and what does this cause to happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the character of Doc Fogarty. In what ways is this character in line with the traditional image of a doctor? In what ways does he contradict the traditional image of a doctor?
Essay Topic 2
How did the author portray power in the novel? Do you feel this was an accurate representation? Was power necessary for success? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In what way were family relationships described throughout the novel? What relationships seemed to contradict each other? Do you think this was intentional? Why or why not?
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