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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 do the football players react to John's attempt to explain that Howard Tuck needs helps on Halloween night?

2. What error is made in ordering new sinks and commodes for the new hotel?

3. What does Chip tell Franny he must show her on Halloween night?

4. How old is John's date?

5. Who hires a band for the New Year's party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Win go to Harvard?

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

5. Who is "State O' Maine"?

6. What does Franny do several times a day after being attacked on Halloween night?

7. What does Franny offer to Chip so he'll leave Frank alone (while he is beating him up)?

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

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

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

Choose two characters' first sexual encounters and analyze 1) what the encounter shows the reader about that character, and 2) how that encounter has an impact on each character's attitude(s) about sex during the rest of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the increasing tensions between the Berry children and the football players at Dairy. Does it seem surprising? What escalates it? Who is at fault? Could it have been quelled early in the novel? Is its progression and peak surprising?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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