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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Jack Finney use to describe the way in which Tom Benecke shuffles along?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A tadpole.
(c) A spider.
(d) A crab.

2. What level of success is Tom Benecke intent on pursuing within the grocery store field?
(a) To the very top.
(b) To own at least twenty stores.
(c) To be a powerful man.
(d) To be a very wealthy man.

3. How many stories above the street is Tom Benecke located once he is out on the ledge?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

4. Once Tom Benecke finally makes physical contact with the yellow sheet, in what way is the action described?
(a) The tip of his finger is touching it.
(b) His thumb grazes its corner.
(c) He has it between his teeth.
(d) He has it by the corner.

5. How many months would it take Tom Benecke to reconstruct everything that is on the yellow sheet of paper?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

6. What does Tom Benecke feel on his face when he ducks his head under the window and looks outside?
(a) Cold air.
(b) A fly.
(c) The sun.
(d) Dry leaves.

7. The ledge onto which Tom Benecke ventures is "about as wide as the length of" (20) what?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A yardstick.
(c) His shoe.
(d) His hand.

8. What adjective is used to describe the face of Clare Benecke?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Simple.
(c) Plain.
(d) Naive.

9. What verb is used to describe the action of the door when Tom Benecke starts "to close the door" (11)?
(a) Squeaks.
(b) Protests.
(c) Complains.
(d) Resists.

10. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had played what sport in college?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

11. At what time does Clare leave the Beneckes' apartment?
(a) Just before 7.
(b) Just before 6.
(c) Just after 8.
(d) Just after 7.

12. In what city do the Benneckes live?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Los Angeles.

13. What verb is used to indicate the way in which the "projecting wall" (25) interacts with Tom Benecke as he moves toward it?
(a) Beckons.
(b) Reposes.
(c) Retreats.
(d) Looms.

14. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had NOT played what sport in college?
(a) Football.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Track.
(d) Baseball.

15. What adjective does the narrator use to indicate how Tom Benecke feels about the idea of abandoning the yellow piece of paper?
(a) Tempting.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Growing.
(d) Ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street do the Beneckes live?

2. At what piece of furniture does Tom Benecke sit at the beginning of the story?

3. What are the final words Tom Benecke says to Clare Benecke before she leaves the apartment?

4. What action does Tom Benecke take just after raising the window?

5. On what street is the place located at which Tom Benecke had spent "a dozen lunch hours and early evenings" (16)?

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