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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 Cosgrove say Farrell is known as?

2. At what kind of restaurant do the Alexanders eat?

3. What direction is the room facing?

4. What do the workers at the women's club compliment Ronni about?

5. What two people do Morris and Spenser discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Paul and Spenser say about Sarah in this section?

2. What does Spenser find out about Joe Broz in this section?

3. What does Meade talk about at the University of Lowell?

4. What move does Spenser make when Morris leaves his office?

5. What do Spenser and Susan do together in this section?

6. How is Spenser and Cosgrove's friendship mutually beneficial?

7. What does Cosgrove tell Spenser about Alexander and his political team?

8. Describe Spenser.

9. How do Susan and Spenser complement each other?

10. How does this section express Spenser's loneliness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the book's setting with one of the following settings.

1. Chicago.

2. New York.

3. Los Angeles.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Meade make such a successful politician? What does the character of Meade express about American politics in the 1980s?

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