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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 does the middle-aged man always speak in one breath?

2. What does the author say lashes out it guts?

3. What does Bullivant say he will bring out to settle Mr. Raynor?

4. What does Ernest usually do at 9 o'clock?

5. What kind of factory does Kathy work in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ernest's routine?

2. In what way is Ernest a ghost of his former self?

3. How does Bullivant react to Raynor beating him?

4. What is Smith's attitutude when the policeman confronts him about the robbery?

5. What does Harry remember about his marriage to Kathy?

6. What does Mr. Raynor see happening in the Draper's shop at the beginning of the story?

7. How does Harry know that Kathy wants money for beer?

8. Why does Smith say he wrote this story?

9. Describe the meeting between Harry and Kathy ten years later.

10. Describe Harry's last fight with Kathy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the stories say about life in northern England in pre-war Britain? How does northern England differ from southern England? What conflicts are there between the two areas and why?

Essay Topic 2

What is an anti-hero? In what way can Smith be called an anti-hero? Why does the use of an anti-hero work so well in Loneliness of a long Distance Rinner?

Essay Topic 3

What was Lennox marriage like in the beginning and how and why did it fall apart? What does Fred marriage symbolize in this same book?

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