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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 do Franny and John do to try to get the football players mad at each other in the woods?

2. When was "The Hotel New Hampshire" published?

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

4. What is the group that Franny and John find on Halloween night running from?

5. Why does Lilly bring Franny and John food when they are grounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fight between Franny and Frank end?

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

3. Why doesn't Win go to Harvard?

4. What does the school do in honor of Coach Bob's final season as coach?

5. How does Junior Jones help John get better at lifting weights?

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

7. Why does Franny attack Frank?

8. How does Franny react to Frank coming out to her and John about being gay?

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

10. Why are the chairs nailed to the ground in the Hotel New Hampshire?

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

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 3

Compare and contrast two minor guests at the second Hotel New Hampshire, making sure to discuss how, even as minor characters, they contribute to the novel and its larger theme(s).

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