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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 Hoover's aide?

2. What two people does the comedian tell a story about?

3. Where does Klara visit while Miles talks to an Israeli gangster?

4. Why is Manx feeling guilty at the end of this section?

5. What is Chuckie Wainwright's job on the tramp steamer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the relationship Klara has with Miles?

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

4. What does this section state about Klara's life in the Bronx?

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

6. Describe Moonman's work,

7. How does the author describe Lenny Bruce?

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

9. How does Manx react to the super's accusations that he stole the shovels?

10. What does Antoine explain to Manx about the word jealous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the stories and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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 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?

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