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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?
(a) The Hardmann Roe case.
(b) The legal profession in general.
(c) Frank and Alan's relationship.
(d) Life in New York City.

2. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
(a) Brenda's mother.
(b) Brenda's sister.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's child.

3. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.
(b) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.
(c) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.
(d) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.

4. How long do Frank and Alan work on the Hardmann Roe case?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Confused.
(d) Irritated.

6. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

7. What does Frank like about Brenda?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her sophistication.
(d) Her voice.

8. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Litotes.

9. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's sister.
(b) Alan's child.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's mother.

10. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A dropped stone."
(b) "A thirteen-year-old."
(c) "A huge dog."
(d) "A rocket to the moon."

11. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) Part of their law practice.
(b) Their child.
(c) Their dog.
(d) The apartment.

12. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.
(b) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(c) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(d) Whether Frank is really his friend.

13. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is full of law offices.
(b) It is predominantly Italian.
(c) It is expensive.
(d) It is dangerous.

14. What is Alan's family's religious background?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Jewish.

15. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?
(a) Frank.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

2. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

3. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?

4. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?

5. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?

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