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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 kind of job does Denise suggest that Julie and find for Chip?

2. What color is Alfred's favorite chair?

3. What kind of liberal does Denise say she didn't want to become?

4. What did Alfred used to use the basement for?

5. Who does Gary say is clinically depressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Denise determine that she didn't become a squishy liberal?

2. What does Alfred now use the ping pong table for?

3. Why is Chip disappointed in Denise?

4. Why does Julie dislike Chip's script?

5. What Caroline does that Gary say he wants back?

6. What is Caroline's reason for not going to St. Judes for Christmas?

7. What does Gary suggest Alfred should do with the letter from Axon?

8. What were the differences between Gary and Chip as boys?

9. What does Alfred think about the stock market?

10. Why does Alfred think the blacks will destroy America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What is Enid's relationship with Alfred? What affect does their relationship have on their children?

Essay Topic 3

What did Chip find out about himself in Lithuania? Why did Chip need to go to Lithuania? What would have happened to Chip if he had stayed in the States?

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