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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 Yeamon suggest they use as a football?

2. What does Paul think Segarra has decided to do to him?

3. Which of the following characters does Paul say is drunk constantly?

4. What happens to Sala in this chapter?

5. What does Paul talk to Lotterman about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

2. What do Paul and Yeamon talk about at Al's?

3. Describe the internal problems at the newspaper.

4. What kind of people like to drink at Al's bar?

5. What signs are there that newspaper will soon fold?

6. What does Paul do when he sees the pretty girl standing in the line?

7. In what way do all the characters working on the newspaper give Paul a bad first impression of his new job and life in San Juan ?

8. What problems do Paul, Sala and Yeaman run into at the bar?

9. What does Paul think Segarra's role is at the newspaper?

10. What does Sala tell Paul at Al's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960's? How does Thompson express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Paul Kemp decided to go to Puerto Rico? What can he do in Puerto Rico that he cannot do in America?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine how it shows the difference between American and Puerto Rican life:

1) Police

2) Working conditions

3) Housing

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