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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. In what location is Clare when she replies to Tom Benecke's query about going out alone?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In the living room.

2. What article of clothing does Tom Benecke don just before he ventures out onto the ledge?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A scarf.
(c) Gloves.
(d) A hat.

3. What color is Clare Benecke's hair?
(a) Light brown and almost blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Dark brown and almost black.
(d) Blonde and almost white.

4. What is NOT a sound Tom Benecke hears while Clare Benecke is still home?
(a) The click of Clare's high heels.
(b) The slap of the curtains against the wall.
(c) The buttons of his jacket scraping against bricks.
(d) The clang of coat-hangers.

5. What action does Tom Benecke take just after dusting off his hands?
(a) He mutters.
(b) He lights a cigarette.
(c) He goes into the bathroom.
(d) He enters the ashtray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states that Tom Benecke stares at the yellow piece of paper for how long, willing it to fall down to the street?

3. How many Saturday afternoons had Tom Benecke spent collecting data at the grocery store?

4. 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?

5. How many months would it take Tom Benecke to reconstruct everything that is on the yellow sheet of paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Tom Benecke.

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

3. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?

4. What types of information are written upon the yellow sheet of paper?

5. Tom Benecke realizes at the beginning of the story that the feeling he is experiencing is not heat. What is it instead?

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

7. What is the significance of Jack Finney's choice of business field for Tom Benecke?

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

9. For what reason does Tom Benecke feel that he needs to finish his work project quickly?

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

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