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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 is NOT something Tom Benecke relates to the reader about his "own project" (10)?
2. How many months would it take Tom Benecke to reconstruct everything that is on the yellow sheet of paper?
3. What color is Clare Benecke's hair?
4. How many stories above the street is Tom Benecke located once he is out on the ledge?
5. On what street is the place located at which Tom Benecke had spent "a dozen lunch hours and early evenings" (16)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Jack Finney's choice of business field for Tom Benecke?
2. What article of clothing does Tom Benecke don before climbing out of his living room window?
3. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative in the first ten paragraphs of the story?
4. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?
5. In what way does the outside contrast with the inside throughout the story and for what purpose?
6. Why and how does Finney portray forward momentum as a negative force within business?
7. Discuss the use of the sound motif within the first section of the story.
8. What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize?
9. To what aspect of his life does Tom Benecke link his "guilty conscience" (1) at the start of the story?
10. What is the setting of the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how is the setting used to amplify suspense?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Jack Finney's story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Finney’s messages about guilt and responsibility within "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket."
Essay Topic 3
Finney uses sensory details frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of Tom Benecke’s progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by Finney serve his creation of a more vivid character.
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