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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 43-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The piece of paper "beside the typewriter" (1) is covered with what?
(a) Typewritten paragraphs.
(b) Coffee stains.
(c) Tom Benecke's handwriting.
(d) Clare Benecke's handwriting.

4. What does Tom Benecke feel on his face when he ducks his head under the window and looks outside?
(a) Cold air.
(b) Dry leaves.
(c) The sun.
(d) A fly.

5. What color is the davenport in the Beneckes' living room?
(a) Orange-red.
(b) Red-brown.
(c) Red-violet.
(d) Blue-green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom Benecke wants to change the fact that his name is currently "a name on" (18) what object?

2. What is NOT a physical ailment Tom Benecke is experiencing by the time he considers the length of time before Clare Benecke's arrival?

3. What does Tom Benecke admit to hearing and ignoring in the past?

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

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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