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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 kind of car is the Texas Highway Killer driving in the tape?

2. What subject did Albert Bronzini teach at Matt's school?

3. What does Nick think has happened to his father?

4. What is the name of the Jackie Gleason program Nick's mother likes to watch?

5. What is the name of the Bruegel painting Hoover sees in the magazine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Albert Bronzini?

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

5. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

6. Who does Nick say Brian believes he is?

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

8. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is Manx's role in the novel? What meaning does his character give the novel? How would the novel change if Manx was not a character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What significance do the following events have on the story and the lives of the characters?

1. The 1951 bomb testing.

2. The 1951 world series game.

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