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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. Why doesn't John immediately go to help Franny when he is released on Halloween night?

2. What happens to the school's football team during their rival game?

3. Who cuts down the family Christmas tree?

4. What amazes Bitty about John?

5. How do the renovations to the hotel go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Win react to Freud's letter during the New Year's party?

2. Why does Franny attack Frank?

3. Why is John so nervous about having sex with Sabrina?

4. How do the sleeping arrangements change after Coach Bob dies?

5. Why is there a break in the quick succession that Mary and Win have their children in?

6. How do Win and Mary handle all the people -- including their children -- having sex in their hotel?

7. How does Coach Bob die?

8. Why doesn't Win go to Harvard?

9. How does Rhonda proposition John for the first time?

10. What happens to Howard Tuck when the electricity comes back on in the Hotel New Hampshire on Halloween night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John gets into body-building after Franny's rape, and both he and Franny know it is connected to what happened to her. As Franny begins her recovery, however, John keeps up his fitness routine for nearly all of his life. Discuss whether or not John ever gets over Franny's rape and what, from the text, most informs your position, using direct quotations and examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In "The First Hotel New Hampshire," Coach Bob accuses his son, Win, of never being happy with his current circumstance. Write an argument discussing why this is OR is not true, using direct evidence from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the three staff members Win hires to work in the Hotel New Hampshire, and discuss at least one literary device Irving uses to introduce each to the reader.

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