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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. After the window closes with Tom Benecke outside, what position does he assume?
(a) He sits.
(b) He stands.
(c) He kneels.
(d) He crouches.

2. What action takes place the moment that Tom Benecke regains his momentum toward the building wall?
(a) His forehead touches the windowsill.
(b) He throws the yellow sheet of paper down to the street below.
(c) His chest touches the windowsill.
(d) His elbow touches the yellow sheet of paper.

3. In a window across the street, Tom Benecke sees "the blue-gray" (56) what?
(a) Hue of loneliness.
(b) Glow of a neon sign.
(c) Flicker of a television screen.
(d) Flame in a fireplace.

4. What is NOT a physical ailment Tom Benecke is experiencing by the time he considers the length of time before Clare Benecke's arrival?
(a) His face is sunburned.
(b) His hands are stiff.
(c) His knees hurt.
(d) His thigh muscles are tired.

5. The windows in the apartment building across the street are what shape?
(a) Square.
(b) Rectangular.
(c) Oval.
(d) Circular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom Benecke reflects that "no more" (56) than what distance away from him, there are "scores of people" (56)?

2. When Tom Benecke is finally able to move again, he is said to move with what type of "slowness" (36)?

3. What part of Tom Benecke's body first scrapes "hard against the wall" (30), nearly causing him to fall?

4. What does Tom Benecke admit to hearing and ignoring in the past?

5. How much of Tom Benecke's mind at one point knows that he is "going to fall" (40)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Finney's purpose for allowing Tom Benecke's shouts for help to go unanswered?

2. Describe the way in which canine-involved language is used within the story and for what purpose.

3. What else happens when Tom Benecke's wrists are "jarred" (41) from the frame of the window?

4. What is Finney's purpose for including the detail that Clare Benecke cannot open the window?

5. What object does Tom Benecke spit out within the story?

6. What element of the movement inside Tom Benecke's apartment shocks him?

7. What is the impetus for Tom Benecke's realization that he is still holding the yellow sheet of paper between his teeth?

8. What causes Tom Benecke to smile even though he is still in peril?

9. What is Tom Benecke's reaction when he looks down?

10. What is the significance of Tom Benecke's act of spitting out the object that is in his mouth?

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