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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 the woman in Chuckie's cockpit?

2. Where did Wright get off his boat instead of San Francisco?

3. Where does Klara meet her daughter for lunch?

4. What is the name of the person who claims to have mystical visions in this section?

5. Who does Nick drive around Arizona with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the fragments portray in this section?

4. What does Matt tell Janet about his work?

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

6. How did Rosemary meet Mr. Imperato?

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

8. What is the scene at the Yankee stadium when Manx arrives?

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

10. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Klara's character at the beginning of the novel? How does her character change through the novel? How does the author express this change? What events have the biggest impact on Klara's life and why?

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

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

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