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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 is the name of the Lexus driver?

2. Where is Albert sitting to think about Eddie at the end of this section?

3. Who buys Marvin's baseball from him?

4. Which of the following subjects do Richard and his friend talk about?

5. What company does Jane Farsih work for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Albert Bronzini?

2. What do people in Phoenix think about Nick's roots?

3. In what way are the men in the bar Nick and Sims go to all hair?

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

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

6. How did Bobby Thompson's home run affect people?

7. Why does Marian say she takes heroin?

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

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

10. How does Marian react to Nick's fling with Donna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

What is post modernism? In what way is Don De Lillo a post modern writer?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the eras depicted in the book would you most like to live in and why? How accurate do you think is the author's of the era you have chosen?

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