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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 passion do Eddie and Albert share?

2. Where does Richard work?

3. Where is Marian driving to in chapter two?

4. What kind of ride do Nick and his wife enjoy in this section?

5. What is the name of Matt and Nick's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick have his mother's surname instead of his father's?

2. How does Cotter get into the baseball game without paying?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Nick upset with Marian before he leaves for work?

10. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does the disappearance of their father effect Nick and Matt? How different would their lives have been if their father stayed?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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