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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the final words Tom Benecke says to Clare Benecke before she leaves the apartment?
2. How many months would it take Tom Benecke to reconstruct everything that is on the yellow sheet of paper?
3. Immediately after Tom Benecke thinks about how many months it would take to reconstruct the yellow sheet of paper, he takes what action in relation to the window ledge?
4. What is NOT a description of the types of data Tom Benecke had copied from "trade publications" (16) onto the yellow sheet of paper?
5. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had NOT played what sport in college?
Short Essay Questions
1. Tom Benecke realizes at the beginning of the story that the feeling he is experiencing is not heat. What is it instead?
2. Why and how does Finney portray forward momentum as a negative force within business?
3. Describe the miscalculations Tom Benecke makes when he is preparing to go outside.
4. How is irony present within Tom Benecke's feeling about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper?
5. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative in the first ten paragraphs of the story?
6. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?
7. Discuss the use of the sound motif within the first section of the story.
8. What event occurs that causes Tom Benecke to bang his head against the building wall, nearly leading to his death?
9. To what aspect of his life does Tom Benecke link his "guilty conscience" (1) at the start of the story?
10. What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," and what is the Finney's message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and analyze Finney’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the reasons why Jack Finney's story Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket employs a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the story's themes lend themselves to this choice, and what is Finney’s intended effect on the reader?
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