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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 5, what kind of fish do Bobby and John eat for lunch?
2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?
3. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the real reason he changed his major?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, who does the girl say made the dummy's suit?
5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, who gives the girl's father the snazzy fountain pen?
Short Essay Questions
1. As a child what does Bobby find in the woods?
2. 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?
3. What does the IRS agent at the post office say is the reason for the IRS becoming involved in Bobby's life?
4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the Kid tell the girl about math and reality before she goes to bed?
5. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?
9. What does Kline think is happening to Bobby in regard to Bobby doing dumb things?
10. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the author include a lengthy section of conversation about math and physics? What is your experience reading this section? Does it have a connection to the rest of the story? What do you get out of reading a conversation like that, that is difficult for a lot of people to understand?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the author include a lengthy conversation about who killed John F. Kennedy? What is your experience of reading this section? How is this lengthy conversation a different experience than the one about math and physics? What are you able to grasp from a careful reading of this conversation? How does this conversation connect to the idea of reality compared to the perception of reality? Or the idea that perception shapes reality?
Essay Topic 3
Bobby has two more experiences of solitude. How are these experiences different that his experience on the jack-up rig? How do the language and cadence give the reader a feeling that the other two experiences of solitude have a different quality than the experience Bobby has aboard the jack-up rig?
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