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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. At what object does Clare Benecke look as she tells Tom Benecke that he works too hard?
(a) His desk.
(b) His tired eyes.
(c) His cigarette.
(d) His coffee cup.

2. What action does Tom Benecke take after walking Clare Benecke to the "front-door closet" (10)?
(a) He helps Clare Benecke on with her coat.
(b) He mutters under his breath.
(c) He playfully shoves Clare Benecke.
(d) He opens the door and looks into the hallway.

3. What is NOT a description of the types of data Tom Benecke had copied from "trade publications" (16) onto the yellow sheet of paper?
(a) Formulas.
(b) Figures.
(c) Quotations.
(d) Facts.

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

5. On what floor of their building do the Beneckes live?
(a) The third.
(b) The ninth.
(c) The eleventh.
(d) The sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Tom Benecke take as he thinks about the work it had taken to cover the yellow sheet of paper?

2. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, he sees the scene below him through the perspective of what frame?

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

4. Tom Benecke mentions to Clare what benefit in relation to his workaholic nature?

5. Toward what object does Clare Benecke direct her gaze as she tells Tom Benecke that he "works too much" and "to hard" (6)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence points toward the fact that Clare Benecke often goes out by herself because Tom Benecke has to work?

2. What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize?

3. What is the setting of the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how is the setting used to amplify suspense?

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss details of the story suggesting that Tom Benecke knows the choice he is making to stay home is the wrong one?

9. Discuss the way in which Finney uses the hypothetical with a particular purpose in mind in Paragraph 20.

10. What event occurs that causes Tom Benecke to bang his head against the building wall, nearly leading to his death?

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