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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 does Tom Benecke admit to hearing and ignoring in the past?
2. When Tom Benecke tries shouting again for the final time, what word is used to describe the way in which he shouts?
3. Where does Tom Benecke place the object he removes from his mouth?
4. What is NOT a part of the mistake Tom Benecke comes to believe he has made in looking down?
5. How many windows in the apartment building across the street are lit up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What else happens when Tom Benecke's wrists are "jarred" (41) from the frame of the window?
2. What is Finney's purpose for including the detail that Clare Benecke cannot open the window?
3. Tom Benecke decides in Paragraph 31 that he must not faint. What method does he employ to attain this aim?
4. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, what does he see?
5. In what position does Tom Benecke end up when the window closes?
6. What is Tom Benecke's estimate about when his wife Clare Benecke will likely return home?
7. Describe the way in which canine-involved language is used within the story and for what purpose.
8. What causes Tom Benecke to smile even though he is still in peril?
9. What features of the building does Tom Benecke use as finger-holds during his venture?
10. What is the setting of the story and how does it affect the story's mood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of regret treated within "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how does its treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of the story that describe the relationship between Tom and Clare Benecke. What is Finney’s purpose for portraying the relationship in the manner that he does?
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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