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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 artist is Moonman?

2. What does the refuge Matt and Janet visit border?

3. What does Lundy buy from the souvenir baseball shop?

4. In which state is Normal?

5. What is Nick talking to JuJu about in chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we find out about Carlo Strasse in this section?

2. What does Matt tell Janet about his work?

3. What does this section say about how society is changing?

4. How does the author describe Lenny Bruce?

5. Describe the meeting between Klara and her daughter?

6. Describe Lenny Bruce's performance in New York in October 1962?

7. What is Albert doing at the beginning of part six?

8. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?

9. How did Rosemary meet Mr. Imperato?

10. What is Marian doing at the beginning of this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has the author chosen Nick and Klara's affair as the central part of his story? Choose two other characters that the author could ahve chosen as the central part of his story. How would the novel change?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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