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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. According to Jack, how is Chakravarty's English?
2. What is the name of Jack's oldest daughter?
3. What does the D. in Nyodene D. stand for?
4. What food items is Jack referring to in the following description: [it] was gleaming and wet, hard-edged? There was a self-conscious quality about it. It look carefully observed..."?
5. Which character says, "Why do I feel so good when I'm with Wilder? It's not like being with the other kids."?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Denise concerned about Babette going running, and what does she do about it?
2. What happened to Orest's quest to break the world record? What happens when he tries to do it?
3. How did the mock evacuation in Chapter 28 turn out?
4. When the family does not want to cook, where do they go and what do they eat?
5. Where does Jack discover Babette's Dylar?
6. Why is Heinrich crouched outside on the roof at the beginning of Book 2?
7. When Murray and Jack discuss the weird feelings they have about Howard, what are some of the things they mention that just do not feel right?
8. According to Heinrich, toxic spills are not "the real issue." What does he tell his sisters and parents they should be worried of?
9. How did Jack act during his appointment with Dr. Chakravarty?
10. Why does Jack follow Winnie Richards in Chapter 25? Are his reasons valid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the Airborne Toxic Event with a real crisis--Wilder's tricycle trip through traffic at the end of the book. How does DeLillo present each story event and characterize the family's reaction? What are the structural differences (as in, when each event happens in the chronology of the novel) and what do you think DeLillo wants the reader to think at these two times? What are the effects of these two crisis situations on the family members and what do they reveal about who these people are? What is DeLillo's larger point in contrasting such a small, personalized event with one that involved the whole town?
Essay Topic 2
The supermarket is an important locale in this novel. Describe what the supermarket means thematically in this novel, remembering to include what happens there through the novel and what role it plays both in the lives of the characters and in terms of advancing the plot.
Essay Topic 3
Foreshadowing is an important technique. Write an essay that explains how DeLillo foreshadows the Airborne Toxic Event with a series of prior events. Describe the events and be specific about his foreshadowing technique.
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