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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. Which of Tom Benecke's body parts first encounters "emptiness" (40) while sliding along the brick?
2. For what reason does Tom Benecke put his shoe back on after it fails to shatter the window?
3. When Tom Benecke imagines himself falling, he sees what object getting caught and causing his demise?
4. How many windows in the apartment building across the street are lit up?
5. Tom Benecke reflects that "no more" (56) than what distance away from him, there are "scores of people" (56)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the way in which canine-involved language is used within the story and for what purpose.
2. When Tom Benecke detects movement inside his apartment, what is the source?
3. What element of the movement inside Tom Benecke's apartment shocks him?
4. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, what does he see?
5. What conclusion does Tom Benecke reach about the act of looking down?
6. For what reasons does Tom Benecke finally decide that he cannot possibly wait on the ledge until Clare Benecke returns home?
7. What is Finney's purpose for including the detail that Clare Benecke cannot open the window?
8. What is Tom Benecke's reaction when he looks down?
9. What causes Tom Benecke to smile even though he is still in peril?
10. What is the impetus for Tom Benecke's realization that he is still holding the yellow sheet of paper between his teeth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the function of Clare’s character within "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket"? Discuss the characterization methods used by Finney in depicting Clare and include in your discussion of the reasons that Finney portrays Clare in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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