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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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

2. Once the object is outside, it first lands on a ledge how far below the Beneckes' window?
(a) One meter.
(b) One yard.
(c) Four feet.
(d) Three yards.

3. On what street do the Beneckes live?
(a) Knickerbocker Avenue.
(b) Lexington Street.
(c) Miller Avenue.
(d) Kensington Avenue.

4. How many Saturday afternoons had Tom Benecke spent collecting data at the grocery store?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. How many Saturday afternoons had Tom Benecke spent collecting the data on the escaped piece of paper?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what location is Clare when she replies to Tom Benecke's query about going out alone?

3. What action does Tom Benecke take just after raising the window?

4. What object slides "over the window ledge" and "out of sight" (15) as Tom Benecke watches?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What, if any, direct benefit does Tom Benecke believe he will receive in exchange for his idea for a new method of display?

2. How is irony present within Tom Benecke's feeling about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper?

3. Discuss how Finney employs sensory details as a means to create suspense.

4. What article of clothing does Tom Benecke don before climbing out of his living room window?

5. Discuss the use of the sound motif within the first section of the story.

6. Describe the miscalculations Tom Benecke makes when he is preparing to go outside.

7. In what way does the outside contrast with the inside throughout the story and for what purpose?

8. In what way does the physical description of the exterior of Tom Benecke's apartment dovetail with the theme of isolation?

9. To what aspect of his life does Tom Benecke link his "guilty conscience" (1) at the start of the story?

10. How does Tom Benecke feel about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper at the beginning of the story?

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