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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 woman the man driving is going to see?

2. What is the cargo ship that has been sailing for two years carrying?

3. Which two teams are competing for the World Series in this section?

4. What kind of car is the man driving across the desert?

5. Where is Marian driving to in chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

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

3. Who was the Texas Highway Killer?

4. Who does Nick say Brian believes he is?

5. Why does Nick say his mother likes Jackie Gleason so much?

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

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

8. Why does Nick think his mother should move to Phoenix?

9. How are Nick and Klara's lives different?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What decisions do the students think Klara regrets in his life? Choose one of the decisions Klara regrets and discuss how his life would have been different if she had taken a different decision?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Cold War effect American society in the fifties? How are characters such as Nick effected by the events of the Cold War later on in their lives?

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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