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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Shep plan to meet Frank?
(a) At the Stamford train station.
(b) At Pennsylvania Station.
(c) At the New Haven train station.
(d) At Grand Central Station.

2. What does April do when Frank approaches and touches her?
(a) She screams
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She freezes.

3. What haunts Helen Givings?
(a) The last words she said to April.
(b) The blood in the Wheelers' home.
(c) The sound of the siren.
(d) That her son had some connection with April's demise.

4. What does Millie recall about her feelings at the closing of the sale of the house of Revolutionary Road?
(a) How upset she was.
(b) How nervous she was.
(c) How sad she was.
(d) How excited she was.

5. Why do the Wheelers consult the calendar?
(a) To figure out when they can move.
(b) To figure the best time to visit Paris.
(c) To figure when Frank will have some vacation time.
(d) To figure out the date of conception.

6. What does Milly Campbell hear?
(a) A crash.
(b) A siren.
(c) A bang.
(d) A scream.

7. Having completed three more marketing brochures for Bart Pollock, what does Frank Wheeler confidently decide it is time for him to do?
(a) Leave his wife.
(b) Break off his affair with Maureen Grube.
(c) Quit his job.
(d) Move to Europe.

8. How does John speak to Frank?
(a) Kindly.
(b) With great compassion.
(c) In a very shy manner.
(d) A prosecutorial tone.

9. With what is the conversation between Frank and Pollock juxtaposed?
(a) Frank's thoughts about Pollock.
(b) His account that he later gives to April and her reactions.
(c) Frank's thoughts about his career in Europe.
(d) Frank's memories of his father.

10. About what does this woman grill Frank?
(a) His feelings for Milly.
(b) His love for his wife.
(c) His feelings for her.
(d) His involvement with Maureen.

11. What is Frank doing while April is hiding in the dark?
(a) He is talking to Maureen on the telephone.
(b) He is watching his children sleep.
(c) He sits alone in the quiet house with all the lights off.
(d) He is drinking at a bar.

12. About what does Frank tell Pollock?
(a) How unhappy he is.
(b) How horrible it is working for Knox Machine Company.
(c) Pollock is not very good at his job.
(d) The time he visited New York with his father, who expected a promotion.

13. Where has April Wheeler been admitted?
(a) To a nursing home.
(b) To a mental institution.
(c) To a local clinic.
(d) To the emergency room.

14. On the drive from the mental hospital, how does John act toward his mother?
(a) Shy and quiet.
(b) Odd.
(c) Aggressively rude.
(d) Straighforward.

15. Out what does Shep get Frank Wheeler in New York?
(a) Lunch.
(b) A conference.
(c) A staff meeting.
(d) A concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Wheelers have long discussions in exotic restaurants and on long drives through the woods and in New York?

2. How do Frank's coworkers feel about the change in their decision?

3. Frank goes to lengths to project what?

4. Why do Howard and Helen Givings drive to Greenacres?

5. What does Pollock do when he learns of Frank's plans to leave the company?

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