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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. Why does Einstein say he needs grass?

2. How many people did Vince kill in the trattoria?

3. What was Travis hoping to find in the Tenderloin district?

4. Where was the head of Teel found?

5. What does Einstein call Nora and Travis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Walt go public with the information Lem is giving him?

2. What is Nora's position on Einstein leaving?

3. What was it about Travis and Nora that made them so memorable to Van Dyne?

4. How did the Outsider inspire pity in Travis?

5. How does the Magnum Travis was carrying act as ID?

6. Why did Travis buy a Scrabble board?

7. How did Nora teach Einstein to communicate and what did she learn from this communication?

8. How was teaching Einstein having a beneficial effect on Nora?

9. What all had occurred on the day that Einstein said was going to be a "bad day?"

10. Why did Garrison Dilworth help Travis and Nora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of character is Vince? In what ways is he predictable? In what ways could he be considered a loose cannon? What does his description of a sterile home say about his personality profile.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did teaching Einstein have an effect on Nora's redevelopment? What are some theories on how this helped her to blossom as a fully functional woman? What do you think would have happened to Nora otherwise? How do you think her progression in life would have been had it not been for Einstein and Travis?

Essay Topic 3

What sort of things did Lem find in the Outsider's lair? What did he believe they meant to the Outsider? How did this make Lem feel? What does it make the reader feel, and how is this technique used to portray the Outsider?

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