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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. How wide are the "wood strips" (43) onto which Tom Benecke holds in order to save his own life?
(a) A quarter of an inch.
(b) A half an inch.
(c) One inche.
(d) Two inches.

2. When Tom Benecke again imagines getting back inside his apartment, he sees himself "clenching" (50) what objects in his hands?
(a) The yellow sheet of paper.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Tufts of the rug.
(d) His hair.

3. Tom Benecke begins to "tremble violently" (29) just after he sees "himself" (29) in what way?
(a) As being flesh and blood.
(b) As having a mortal soul.
(c) Externally.
(d) From Clare Benecke's perspective.

4. In what location does Tom Benecke place the yellow sheet of paper just after he retrieves it from under his fingers?
(a) On the fire escape.
(b) Between his teeth.
(c) Into the corner of his living room window.
(d) In his jacket pocket.

5. What happens when Tom Benecke strikes the glass with the "heel of his hand" (48)?
(a) A crack forms in the glass.
(b) His arm rebounds from the glass.
(c) He drops the yellow sheet of paper.
(d) The window shatters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom Benecke thinks for a moment but comes up with no plan, in what way does his body react?

2. What action does Tom Benecke imagine Clare Benecke taking just before "glancing up" (52) at him outside the window?

3. Tom Benecke opens his eyes very wide once he feels "a sudden rush of" (38) what?

4. In what way must Tom Benecke look at the windows of the apartment building across the street?

5. When Tom Benecke imagines Clare Benecke coming home and "glancing up to see him" (52) on the other side of the window, what word is used to indicate his position?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, what does he see?

2. How is the motif of the carnivalesque apparent within Tom Benecke's image of what he will do when he regains access to his apartment?

3. Tom Benecke decides in Paragraph 31 that he must not faint. What method does he employ to attain this aim?

4. Imagining what scene causes Tom Benecke to lose his feelings of calm as he looks through his apartment window?

5. When Tom Benecke detects movement inside his apartment, what is the source?

6. What conclusion does Tom Benecke reach about the act of looking down?

7. In what position does Tom Benecke end up when the window closes?

8. In what manner does Tom Benecke find the yellow sheet of paper?

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

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

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