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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 Sunny call Wittman?

2. What character will Lance be in Wittman's new play?

3. What is the name of the special day Wittman's mother is celebrating?

4. What kind of dancer was Wittman's mother?

5. What kind of people discuss the best health food stores?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wittman say he envies the Japanese?

2. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

3. Why is Wittman angry with Lance over their first meeting?

4. What does Wittman think about the film WEST SIDE STORY?

5. What are Tasa's conditions for hers and Wittman's relationship?

6. Who does Wittman tell Nanci he really is?

7. How does the Chinese man embarrass Wittman during the seminar?

8. Who does Wittman encounter in the stockroom?

9. What does Wittman think when he sees some Chinese immigrants in Golden Gate Park?

10. How does Wittmann react when Nanci compares his work to LeRoi Jones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

The author writes the novel in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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