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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 Tom Benecke thinks for a moment but comes up with no plan, in what way does his body react?
(a) He sheds a tear.
(b) He begins to tremble.
(c) He sweats profusely.
(d) His eyes widen.

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

3. Just before feeling his hand touching the yellow sheet of paper, Tom Benecke is taking what action?
(a) Holding his breath.
(b) Staring at the traffic lights.
(c) Leaning away from the building.
(d) Panting.

4. Which of Tom Benecke's body parts first encounters "emptiness" (40) while sliding along the brick?
(a) His left foot.
(b) His right hand.
(c) His left hand.
(d) His right foot.

5. Which body part belonging to Tom Benecke smacks down beside the window as the window closes?
(a) His face.
(b) His left hand.
(c) His ear.
(d) His right hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Tom Benecke spit out during the story?

2. In what city does Tom Bennecke live?

3. When a movement from Tom Benecke's desk catches his eye, what does the movement turn out to be?

4. In what location does Tom Benecke place the yellow sheet of paper just after he retrieves it from under his fingers?

5. Tom Benecke refers to his method of concentrating on moving one body part at a time as a what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the setting of the story and how does it affect the story's mood?

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

9. 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?

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

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