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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. The windows in the apartment building across the street are what shape?
2. When Tom Benecke finally looks down from the ledge, he sees a sign advertising what theater?
3. Tom Benecke draws "the full weight of his upper body forward" (43) by taking what action?
4. What does Tom Benecke shout when he is trying to get the attention of passersby below?
5. Tom Benecke opens his eyes very wide once he feels "a sudden rush of" (38) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what manner does Tom Benecke find the yellow sheet of paper?
2. In what position does Tom Benecke end up when the window closes?
3. What is Finney's purpose for allowing Tom Benecke's shouts for help to go unanswered?
4. Imagining what scene causes Tom Benecke to lose his feelings of calm as he looks through his apartment window?
5. When Tom Benecke detects movement inside his apartment, what is the source?
6. For what reason will Clare Benecke be unable to help Tom Benecke herself when she arrives home?
7. What conclusion does Tom Benecke reach about the act of looking down?
8. When Tom Benecke finally looks down, what does he see?
9. What is Tom Benecke's reaction when he looks down?
10. Tom Benecke decides in Paragraph 31 that he must not faint. What method does he employ to attain this aim?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
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?
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