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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. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
2. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what is the bar called where the girl gets a job?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to access his safe deposit box?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the real reason he changed his major?
5. Why does Bobby say that he could not kill himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the girl go to the hospital? Is her visit to the hospital successful?
2. What cathartic exclamations does Bobby make at the end of his visit with the person who comes to visit Bobby while Bobby is living alone in a shack by the beach?
3. What does Kline think is happening to Bobby in regard to Bobby doing dumb things?
4. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?
5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the Kid tell the girl about math and reality before she goes to bed?
6. Why does Bobby go back Wartburg, Tennessee after his conversation with Asher?
7. What does the IRS do to Bobby?
8. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?
9. Who visits Bobby while he is living alone in a shack by the beach? Why does the person who visits Bobby say that he is there?
10. After Bobby returns from Tucson and meets up with Kline, why does Bobby say that he cannot get on with his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bobby thinks that he knows no other state of being than loneliness. Where does his loneliness come from? What happens to him on the jack-up rig when he is truly alone? Is there a distinction between the feeling of loneliness amongst people and the experience of truly being alone? What does Bobby say finally soothes his experience of solitude on the jack-up rig?
Essay Topic 2
What is your experience of Alicia's conversation with Miss Vivian about the crying babies? What are the different reasons that Alicia and Miss Vivian give for why the babies are crying? Do any of these reasons seem plausible? What do babies represent for humans? What does it mean for babies, who are so vulnerable and innocent to be beset by dangers or be filled with some deep dislike for their surroundings? What do you think the point is of this conversation? Does it have a point? How does it make you feel as a reader?
Essay Topic 3
What do you think of Kline as a character? How is Kline a foil for John Sheddan? What aspect of the author does Kline represent?
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