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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 result of J.P.'s arrest?

2. Who calls for an ambulance after Tiny's fall?

3. When does J.P. officially become a chimney sweep?

4. What country does "the guy who travels" want to make contacts in?

5. When did the narrator read the short story he mentions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the narrator intends to say to his girlfriend besides "It's me" when he calls?

2. What does Roxy's name suggest?

3. Why does the proprietor get a cake for New Year's Eve?

4. What is the significance of New Year's Eve in the story?

5. In the section about the landlord, what does the narrator's nakedness represent?

6. Give one example of a character in the story being self-deprecating.

7. What is the significance of the way Roxy is dressed on New Year's Day?

8. Is the narrator's girlfriend also an alcoholic?

9. How is the image of cold weather used in the story?

10. Why does the proprietor tell the narrator and J.P. that Jack London was an alcoholic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will J.P. and the narrator recover from alcoholism? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the personality and outlook of the narrator's wife and J.P.'s wife. How does each react to her husband's alcoholism? Who is the stronger character?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the different ways in which physical vulnerability figures into the story and why.

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