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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. What color is paper around which the story revolves?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.
2. What word does the narrator use to describe the number of "other young men in his company" (18)?
(a) Dozen.
(b) Score.
(c) Five.
(d) Zero.
3. What is NOT something Tom Benecke relates to the reader about his "own project" (10)?
(a) It could be postponed.
(b) It will earn him a guaranteed raise.
(c) The boss may read the report stemming from it over the weekend.
(d) It has not yet been announced at the office.
4. Tom Benecke wants to change the fact that his name is currently "a name on" (18) what object?
(a) The payroll.
(b) His driver's license.
(c) His office door.
(d) His nametag.
5. How far below the bottom of Tom Benecke's living room window is the ledge located?
(a) 1 yard.
(b) 2 feet.
(c) 1 foot.
(d) 6 inches.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tom Benecke mentions to Clare what benefit in relation to his workaholic nature?
2. Toward what object does Clare Benecke direct her gaze as she tells Tom Benecke that he "works too much" and "to hard" (6)?
3. In what room of the apartment is Tom Benecke's desk located?
4. What action does Tom Benecke take just after raising the window?
5. Tom Benecke thinks to himself that his innovative idea is perfect for unveiling in what season?
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. Discuss the use of the sound motif within the first section of the story.
3. In what way does the physical description of the exterior of Tom Benecke's apartment dovetail with the theme of isolation?
4. What is the setting of the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how is the setting used to amplify suspense?
5. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative in the first ten paragraphs of the story?
6. Describe the character of Tom Benecke.
7. What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize?
8. How is irony present within Tom Benecke's feeling about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper?
9. What types of information are written upon the yellow sheet of paper?
10. Discuss how Finney employs sensory details as a means to create suspense.
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