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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. Who picks Henry up from the airport at his first stop in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of Tammie's daughter?

3. What does Tammie offer to sell Henry for cash the first day that she meets him?

4. Who does Mindy stay with after Lydia finds her in Henry's apartment?

5. How does Henry feel about camping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lydia Vance as Henry sees her in Chapter 1.

2. Why do Henry and Lydia fight in Chapters 11 through 15?

3. What does Lydia do in Chapter 46, and how does Henry react?

4. Where does Henry go in Chapter 7, why, and what happens on his way there?

5. Where does Henry go in Chapter 54, and why?

6. Describe Arlene and Tammie.

7. How does Henry injure himself in Chapter 31, and how does he react?

8. Describe Henry's interactions with Joanna Dover.

9. What happens when Lydia's sister visits in Chapter 22, and why does this cause a fight between Henry and Lydia?

10. According to Chapters 36 through 38, how do Henry and Laura feel about each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the story be different if Henry and Lydia had stayed together throughout the entire novel, despite his many affairs?

Essay Topic 2

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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