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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. When a movement from Tom Benecke's desk catches his eye, what does the movement turn out to be?
(a) Cigarette smoke.
(b) The ceiling fan.
(c) The oven timer.
(d) A mouse.

2. What emotion does Tom Benecke feel when he finally looks down from the ledge?
(a) Awe.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Terror.

3. Tom Benecke sees his reflection in what surface that alerts him to the location of the yellow sheet of paper?
(a) The window of the apartment across the street.
(b) His living room window.
(c) His champagne glass.
(d) His glasses.

4. What feeling does Tom Benecke get when he closes his eyes while still on the ledge?
(a) He feels confident.
(b) He feels safer.
(c) He feels powerful.
(d) He feels optimistic.

5. When Tom Benecke is finally able to move again, he is said to move with what type of "slowness" (36)?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Agonizing.
(c) Fear-soaked.
(d) Incredible.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "fear of" what is said to course through Tom Benecke's "nerves and muscles" (39) at one point in the narrative?

2. What is NOT a way in which Tom Benecke's hands are described as he stands on the ledge?

3. What color is the davenport in the Beneckes' living room?

4. In a window across the street, Tom Benecke sees "the blue-gray" (56) what?

5. What is NOT a part of the mistake Tom Benecke comes to believe he has made in looking down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What features of the building does Tom Benecke use as finger-holds during his venture?

5. 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?

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

7. What objects does Tom Benecke use in an attempt to break the window?

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

9. What is Tom Benecke's estimate about when his wife Clare Benecke will likely return home?

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

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