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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. On what floor of their building do the Beneckes live?
(a) The eleventh.
(b) The third.
(c) The sixth.
(d) The ninth.
2. What object slides "over the window ledge" and "out of sight" (15) as Tom Benecke watches?
(a) The piece of carbon paper.
(b) The yellow sheet of paper.
(c) The love note from Clare Benecke.
(d) Clare Benecke's necklace.
3. How many months would it take Tom Benecke to reconstruct everything that is on the yellow sheet of paper?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.
4. At what object does Clare Benecke look as she tells Tom Benecke that he works too hard?
(a) His cigarette.
(b) His tired eyes.
(c) His coffee cup.
(d) His desk.
5. At what time does Tom Benecke plan to give the project report to his boss?
(a) The following week.
(b) The following day.
(c) On the first of the year.
(d) The following month.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had NOT played what sport in college?
2. What is NOT a sound Tom Benecke hears while Clare Benecke is still home?
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?
4. The ledge onto which Tom Benecke ventures is "about as wide as the length of" (20) what?
5. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, he sees the scene below him through the perspective of what frame?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative in the first ten paragraphs of the story?
2. What is the setting of the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how is the setting used to amplify suspense?
3. How is irony present within Tom Benecke's feeling about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper?
4. What event occurs that causes Tom Benecke to bang his head against the building wall, nearly leading to his death?
5. For what reason does Tom Benecke feel that he needs to finish his work project quickly?
6. Why and how does Finney portray forward momentum as a negative force within business?
7. Discuss the way in which Finney uses the hypothetical with a particular purpose in mind in Paragraph 20.
8. Tom Benecke realizes at the beginning of the story that the feeling he is experiencing is not heat. What is it instead?
9. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?
10. What, if any, direct benefit does Tom Benecke believe he will receive in exchange for his idea for a new method of display?
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