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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 15-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Immediately after Tom Benecke thinks about how many months it would take to reconstruct the yellow sheet of paper, he takes what action in relation to the window ledge?
(a) He puts his ear to the window ledge.
(b) He places a pencil onto the window ledge.
(c) He sits down on the window ledge.
(d) He strikes his fist onto the window ledge.

2. What action does Tom Benecke take just after dusting off his hands?
(a) He goes into the bathroom.
(b) He mutters.
(c) He lights a cigarette.
(d) He enters the ashtray.

3. What scent causes Tom Benecke to be tempted to accompany Clare Benecke outside of the apartment?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Dust.
(d) Baking bread.

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?
(a) Figures.
(b) Facts.
(c) Formulas.
(d) Quotations.

5. In what room of the apartment is Tom Benecke's desk located?
(a) The living room.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The study.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what length of time does Tom Benecke actually believe that he is "going to abandon the yellow sheet" (17)?

2. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had NOT played what sport in college?

3. What is NOT something Tom Benecke relates to the reader about his "own project" (10)?

4. Once Tom Benecke finally makes physical contact with the yellow sheet, in what way is the action described?

5. When Tom Benecke presses his body against "the rough cold brick" (24), what part of his body is NOT noted to be pressed upon the brick?

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