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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 non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?
2. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, what is Brat going to study?
4. Who calls John while he is recovering in Chapter 8?
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say about French white wine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?
2. In Chapter 5, when Bobby meets Sheddan for lunch, at the beginning of their conversation how does Sheddan describe Bobby as an archetypal figure?
3. How does the person that Bobby meets with after talking to the guys in suits know that Bobby's sister was beautiful?
4. After Bobby's meeting with the IRS agent, he meets up with Kline. What does Kline say about the shape of his own life and how is that a contrast to Bobby's life?
5. 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?
6. Over the winter, Bobby has a dream of a doctor and a nurse showing him something and asking if Bobby wants to show that something to her. What is the thing that they are discussing and who is the "her"?
7. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?
8. After recounting his time in Eastern State, why does John say that he is somewhat reluctant about Tulsa being back in his life?
9. Why does the girl go to the hospital? Is her visit to the hospital successful?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are guys in suits who question Bobby, and his bank account is frozen by the IRS. How do these elements serve the story? How do they serve the author's intentions for the story? How do they serve to suggest a life that is out of Bobby's control? How do they serve to show ideas of struggle and surrender? How do these ideas relate to the reader's world?
Essay Topic 2
What are the main themes of the story? How does the author set up and continue the discussion of those themes throughout the book?
Essay Topic 3
What role does the Kid play in the story? What does he represent for Alicia? What does he represent in regard to a discussion about reality as compared to things that are just outside of reality that require belief and a letting go of the tangibility of this physical world in order to understand them?
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