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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. Who does the visitor have sex with on the night of the football rivalry game?

2. What size room is Lilly given after she is diagnosed with dwarfism?

3. What was the name of the hotel where Mary and Win met?

4. Where does Win's father work?

5. What does John do as Franny attacks Frank?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does John whisper during sex after his first encounter with Rhonda?

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

4. Why does Franny attack Frank?

5. Why has Egg hidden Sorrow in the bathroom?

6. Why are Win and Mary looking forward to their summer jobs so much when they meet?

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

8. How does the family handle Lilly's diagnosis of dwarfism?

9. How is it possible for the Berrys to stay in their original home during the hotel renovation?

10. How does Franny react when she is let go from the net on Halloween night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Franny and John have a closer relationship with each other than they do with any of their other siblings. Describe three reasons this is OR is not true and what from the text, specifically, most informs your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Franny and John's choice of spouses. Use direct quotations and examples from the text in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze what ultimately happens to Sorrow and what larger themes his death -- and his stuffing and preservation -- address in the novel.

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