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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 Jackie Gleason program Nick's mother likes to watch?

2. What does Brian want to talk about instead of baseball?

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

4. In which part of New York were Klara and Nick living when they were lovers?

5. What is Sue Ann Corcoran's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Nick say Brian believes he is?

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

3. What does this section say about the Texas Highway Killer?

4. Who was the Texas Highway Killer?

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

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

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

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

9. Who was Albert Bronzini?

10. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Lenny Bruce? Why does the author include him as a character in his novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What role does baseball play in the lives of the character? What reasons does the author give for baseball's popularity? What role does baseball play in American society? Why do you think it has become so popular?

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