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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the face of Clare Benecke?
(a) Naive.
(b) Plain.
(c) Simple.
(d) Pleasant.

2. Toward what object does Clare Benecke direct her gaze as she tells Tom Benecke that he "works too much" and "to hard" (6)?
(a) Tom Benecke's typewriter.
(b) The floor at her feet.
(c) Tom Benecke's face.
(d) Tom Benecke's desk.

3. What kind of typewriter does Tom Benecke use?
(a) An antique typewriter.
(b) A typewriter with erasable ink.
(c) An electric typewriter.
(d) A portable typewriter.

4. What object slides "over the window ledge" and "out of sight" (15) as Tom Benecke watches?
(a) Clare Benecke's necklace.
(b) The piece of carbon paper.
(c) The love note from Clare Benecke.
(d) The yellow sheet of paper.

5. What is NOT a sound Tom Benecke hears while Clare Benecke is still home?
(a) The buttons of his jacket scraping against bricks.
(b) The clang of coat-hangers.
(c) The click of Clare's high heels.
(d) The slap of the curtains against the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Clare leave the Beneckes' apartment?

2. "The air from the building hallway" (10) smells of what?

3. What action does Tom Benecke take just after dusting off his hands?

4. What verb is used to describe the action of the door when Tom Benecke starts "to close the door" (11)?

5. Just before Tom Benecke says, "Got to get this done though" (5), what gesture does he make?

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