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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 being displayed by the traffic lights Tom Benecke sees below him?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow, changing to red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

2. What object does Tom Benecke spit out during the story?
(a) A mint.
(b) A piece of gum.
(c) A plug of chewing tobacco.
(d) A corner of the yellow sheet of paper.

3. In order to "save his life" (31), Tom Benecke takes what action when he believes he may faint?
(a) He prays.
(b) He takes deep breaths of cold air.
(c) He takes off his shoes.
(d) He recites the alphabet aloud.

4. How much of Tom Benecke's mind at one point knows that he is "going to fall" (40)?
(a) A sliver.
(b) A fraction.
(c) The majority of it.
(d) A portion.

5. What color is the davenport in the Beneckes' living room?
(a) Red-violet.
(b) Red-brown.
(c) Orange-red.
(d) Blue-green.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he realizes that no one below has heard his cries, Tom Benecke feels that he has to try what?

2. What amount of "disappointment" (51) does Tom Benecke feel when the coin does not break the window?

3. When Tom Benecke tries shouting again for the final time, what word is used to describe the way in which he shouts?

4. Tom Benecke refers to his method of concentrating on moving one body part at a time as a 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. What is the setting of the story and how does it affect the story's mood?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. For what reason will Clare Benecke be unable to help Tom Benecke herself when she arrives home?

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