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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. Where is Einstein tattooed?

2. What was the subject of Nora's newest painting?

3. What possessed Garrison Dilworth to play hero?

4. What is the name of Nora's doctor?

5. On what day do Nora and Travis buy their Christmas tree?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did King save Dr. Keene's life and how did this persuade him to let Travis and Nora stay with Einstein?

3. How did Travis feel with Nora gone?

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

5. What are the effects of second stage distemper and why does Travis fear it so?

6. What is significant about Nora and how does Travis feel?

7. What did Travis carry with him on his walks and what did he intend to say about it?

8. How does Garrison get past the cops?

9. Why did Travis buy a Scrabble board?

10. How does Einstein's communication via the tiles convince Dr. Keene to keep him free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how having a mental illness is more of a way of life than it was in earlier centuries. What do you think is responsible for this global shift in perspective? How has it become chic to have some sort of mild mental disorder? How are mental illnesses glamorized in the media? Who profits from mental illness?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What inspires an epiphany from Lem Johnson? Do you think his way of thinking is logical, or that of someone who is very tired and exhausted? How do you justify your answer?

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