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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 29-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the final words Tom Benecke says to Clare Benecke before she leaves the apartment?
(a) Have a good time.
(b) Please be careful.
(c) I love you.
(d) Be back before midnight.

2. How many Saturday afternoons had Tom Benecke spent collecting data at the grocery store?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

3. What is NOT a way in which Tom Benecke's hands are described as he stands on the ledge?
(a) Numb.
(b) Cold.
(c) Desperately rigid.
(d) Barely functioning.

4. On what street is the place located at which Tom Benecke had spent "a dozen lunch hours and early evenings" (16)?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Sixth Avenue.
(c) Third Avenue.
(d) Fourth Avenue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location had Tom Benecke carried the yellow piece of paper during "a dozen lunch hours and early evenings" (16)?

2. How much of Tom Benecke's mind at one point knows that he is "going to fall" (40)?

3. Tom Benecke thinks to himself that his innovative idea is perfect for unveiling in what season?

4. What is NOT a description of the types of data Tom Benecke had copied from "trade publications" (16) onto the yellow sheet of paper?

5. When he realizes that no one below has heard his cries, Tom Benecke feels that he has to try what?

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