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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 strikes his fist onto the window ledge.
(b) He sits down on the window ledge.
(c) He puts his ear to the window ledge.
(d) He places a pencil onto the window ledge.

3. What action does Tom Benecke imagine Clare Benecke taking just before "glancing up" (52) at him outside the window?
(a) Looking at his blank memorandum.
(b) Closing the door behind her.
(c) Distractedly looking through the mail.
(d) Noticing his cigarette butt.

4. Which of Tom Benecke's body parts first encounters "emptiness" (40) while sliding along the brick?
(a) His left foot.
(b) His left hand.
(c) His right hand.
(d) His right foot.

5. What verb is used to describe the action of the door when Tom Benecke starts "to close the door" (11)?
(a) Protests.
(b) Squeaks.
(c) Resists.
(d) Complains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What amount of "disappointment" (51) does Tom Benecke feel when the coin does not break the window?

3. When Tom Benecke uses a reflection to locate the yellow piece of paper, where is it?

4. How many windows in the apartment building across the street are lit up?

5. What color is being displayed by the traffic lights Tom Benecke sees below him?

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