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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. How old were Mary and Winslow when they met?

2. Who is Harold Swallow?

3. When does Frank begin attending classes at the Dairy School?

4. Once Franny is taken on Halloween night, who holds John down?

5. Where does the Berry family live while waiting for the hotel to be renovated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coach Bob die?

2. What item does John notice is missing from the school as he runs toward Dairy on Halloween night, and why is it significant?

3. Why doesn't Win go to Harvard?

4. Who is "State O' Maine"?

5. What do Franny and John do to get even with the football players after John is attacked?

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

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

8. What are Win's arguments regarding why he should open the hotel?

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

10. Why does Franny attack Frank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Susie and Franny's relationship over the course of the novel, using direct quotations and examples from the text to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

What four functions does Coach Bob serve in "The Hotel New Hampshire"? Make sure to use specific quotations and/or examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The character of Sorrow -- and what happens to him after his death -- serves both as comic relief and as a literary tool Irving can use throughout the text. In a well-written essay, 1) describe the life (including what happens to his body after his death) of Sorrow, 2) how Irving uses him in at least one pivotal scene of the novel and 3) at least 3 things Irving is able to do through the use of Sorrow that would be difficult otherwise.

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