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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 many different identities does Frank find in the bag?

2. Which of the following is not true according to Candy?

3. Where does Frank decide to go after he wakes up finding the black sand in his hand?

4. How does Candy feel about his brother?

5. Why does Candy tell Violet he will hurt Frankie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Candy do with a woman that is the same as what he used to do with his own mother?

2. What does Frank see as he looks out the window of the abandoned apartment complex he has chosen as his hiding place?

3. What does Frank find when he wakes up in the car?

4. Why does Frank want to leave the alleyway?

5. What does Frank do after he has been driving for awhile and why does he choose now to do it?

6. What leads Bobby to tell Julie about his fears and how does she respond?

7. What is Candy doing when he leaves his house and what part is he doing to please his mother?

8. How does Bobby's dream about Julie change from the start where it is the ideal life in their new home?

9. After Bobby and Julie make love, what sudden feeling does Bobby get and how does he respond to this feeling?

10. What do Bobby and Julie find out that Rasmussen is up to in Decodyne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way were differences in people described throughout the novel? Were these descriptions positive or negative? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of greed portrayed throughout the novel? Which characters were affected by their greed? Do you think this was a realistic portrayal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the theme of hunter and prey was developed throughout the novel. In what ways was this theme overturned? In what ways was it successful?

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