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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 57-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what length of time does Tom Benecke actually believe that he is "going to abandon the yellow sheet" (17)?
(a) The count of three.
(b) One millisecond.
(c) Many minutes.
(d) Many seconds.

3. For what reason does Tom Benecke put his shoe back on after it fails to shatter the window?
(a) His footing is uneven with one shoe off.
(b) He has no hope that the shoe will ever shatter the window.
(c) His sock has no traction.
(d) His foot is cold.

4. What action does Tom Benecke take just after raising the window?
(a) He adds a note to the yellow sheet of paper.
(b) He dusts off his hands.
(c) He sweeps the floor.
(d) He curses.

5. What does Tom Benecke hear "scraping steadily along the rough bricks" (24)?
(a) The brim of his hat.
(b) His stockinged feet.
(c) The buttons of his coat.
(d) The toes of his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what type of material are Tom Benecke's shoes crafted?

2. What injury does Tom Benecke incur while lighting objects on fire?

3. What does Tom Benecke realize that Clare Benecke has always had to do whenever she has wanted the living room window opened?

4. In what city does Tom Bennecke live?

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

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