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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. How many Saturday afternoons had Tom Benecke spent collecting the data on the escaped piece of paper?
2. What adjective is used to describe the face of Clare Benecke?
3. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had played what sport in college?
4. What action does Tom Benecke take just after raising the window?
5. What article of clothing does Tom Benecke don just before he ventures out onto the ledge?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why and how does Finney portray forward momentum as a negative force within business?
2. Discuss details of the story suggesting that Tom Benecke knows the choice he is making to stay home is the wrong one?
3. Discuss how Finney employs sensory details as a means to create suspense.
4. What evidence points toward the fact that Clare Benecke often goes out by herself because Tom Benecke has to work?
5. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?
6. How is irony present within Tom Benecke's feeling about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper?
7. How does Tom Benecke feel about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper at the beginning of the story?
8. What article of clothing does Tom Benecke don before climbing out of his living room window?
9. Discuss the use of the sound motif within the first section of the story.
10. Discuss the way in which Finney uses the hypothetical with a particular purpose in mind in Paragraph 20.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Jack Finney's message within "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" regarding the idea that a person’s entire life can be wasted in the pursuit of success in business.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the theme of blind ambition within "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket." What is Finney's message regarding ambition that comes at any cost and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Tom Benecke’s character throughout the story, focusing on Finney’s use of characterization methods and how they connect to his intended messages.
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