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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 Nick think has happened to his father?

2. What does Nick stare at after his dream?

3. What does Cotter find at the end of the game?

4. Who does Nick remember at the end of the chapter who has been dead for years?

5. Where is Marian driving to in chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we find out about Nick's past in this section?

2. What did Marian always want Nick to talk about?

3. What problems does Edgar Hoover have with his appearance?

4. Why does Marian say she takes heroin?

5. What does Nick think about meeting Klara after all these years?

6. Why does Nick's wife like Nick's mother?

7. How did Nick's son change after the LA riots?

8. Why does Hoover appreciate Truman's timing in the announcement of the Soviet bomb?

9. Why does Mike think his mother should stay in New York?

10. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the story about Cotter Martin linked to the rest of the story and the characters? Why doesn´t the author continue Cotter's story? How do you think he would have reacted to his father selling the baseball?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

How is the Texas Highway killing significant to the story? Why do you think the author does explore the killings and the murderer further?

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