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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 have Nick and JuJu recently stolen?

2. Where does Nick drive to with Sim and Jesse?

3. Which of Lenny Bruce's routines offends people?

4. Who is Marian talking to at the beginning of this section?

5. Which of the following places does Matt say the government store nuclear weapons?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick get a job at the soft drink company?

2. What does Matt tell Janet about his work?

3. How did Rosemary meet Mr. Imperato?

4. Describe the meeting between Klara and her daughter?

5. How does Manx feel when he talks about the baseball?

6. What does this section say about Klara's love life?

7. What does Hoover discuss with Clyde Tolson in this section?

8. What do Miles and Klara do together int his section?

9. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?

10. Describe Bruce's performance in Chicago in October 1962?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

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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