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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 was the name of the girl who was dying of cancer?

2. What does the author say the girl he visited in the hospital looked like as she sat up in her bed?

3. What did Fat like to call God's message?

4. What type of pills are Nembutals?

5. What does Fat see after his pets die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maurice make Fat realize about himself?

2. Why does Fat think it is a good idea to flee Canada?

3. What does Thamos find out for Fat?

4. Why did Gloria eventually decide to kill herself?

5. How does the author describe Fat's apartment in Santa Ana?

6. How did Horselover Fat try to stop Gloria from killing herself?

7. Who is Stephanie?

8. How did Fat help save Christopher's life?

9. Why does David think Sherri contracted cancer?

10. What vision does Fat have in March 1974?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is Stephanie the only positive relationship Fat has with a woman character in this story? How does their relationship effect Fat?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Phil create Horselover Fat as his alter ego? In what way does it distant him from Horselover's own actions?

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