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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 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?
2. In Chapter 8, where does John say that he recently spent some time recovering?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say about French white wine?
4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?
5. In the italicized section of Chapter 8, what does the girl bring to her neighbor's apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who does Bobby meet after talking to the guys in suits again?
3. What happens to Bobby when goes to the jack-up rig?
4. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?
5. As a child what does Bobby find in the woods?
6. What does Kline think is happening to Bobby in regard to Bobby doing dumb things?
7. What is in the trunk that the Kid brings into the girl's room?
8. In Chapter 5, when Bobby meets Sheddan for lunch, at the beginning of their conversation how does Sheddan describe Bobby as an archetypal figure?
9. 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?
10. One night while Bobby is in Wartburg, Bobby mentions Alice's papers. Who is Alice? What happened to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What do you think of John Sheddan's character? What kind of person is he? What aspect of the author does he represent?
Essay Topic 3
What is the structure of each chapter? Why does the author structure the story in the way that he does? How does this structure support the overall feel of the book?
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