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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 the davenport in the Beneckes' living room?
(a) Blue-green.
(b) Orange-red.
(c) Red-violet.
(d) Red-brown.
2. When a movement from Tom Benecke's desk catches his eye, what does the movement turn out to be?
(a) The ceiling fan.
(b) Cigarette smoke.
(c) A mouse.
(d) The oven timer.
3. What object does Tom Benecke spit out during the story?
(a) A mint.
(b) A plug of chewing tobacco.
(c) A corner of the yellow sheet of paper.
(d) A piece of gum.
4. When Tom Benecke finally looks down from the ledge, he sees a sign advertising what theater?
(a) The Beekman.
(b) The Belasco.
(c) The Nederlander.
(d) Loew's Theater.
5. In what way must Tom Benecke look at the windows of the apartment building across the street?
(a) Over his shoulder.
(b) In the reflection of his own window.
(c) With his hand mirror.
(d) By casting his gaze upward.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tom Benecke is described as being "past awareness" (30) of pain in what part of his body?
2. In what location does Tom Benecke place the yellow sheet of paper just after he retrieves it from under his fingers?
3. What adjective is used to describe the "barrier" (37) Tom Benecke erects between his mind and body?
4. How much of Tom Benecke's mind at one point knows that he is "going to fall" (40)?
5. Tom Benecke sees his reflection in what surface that alerts him to the location of the yellow sheet of paper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tom Benecke's reaction when he looks down?
2. What is the setting of the story and how does it affect the story's mood?
3. What objects does Tom Benecke use in an attempt to break the window?
4. What is Finney's purpose for including the detail that Clare Benecke cannot open the window?
5. What is Finney's purpose for allowing Tom Benecke's shouts for help to go unanswered?
6. 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?
7. What object does Tom Benecke spit out within the story?
8. What element of the movement inside Tom Benecke's apartment shocks him?
9. What is the impetus for Tom Benecke's realization that he is still holding the yellow sheet of paper between his teeth?
10. When Tom Benecke detects movement inside his apartment, what is the source?
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