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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 Win and Mary do their first night working at the hotel?

2. Where do most of the students live while attending the Dairy School?

3. How much does Win pay for the bear and the motorcycle the summer he works at the hotel?

4. What does Frank accuse Franny of being behind (after their fight)?

5. Where does the football team eat after their big rivalry game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Coach Bob react to Franny and John's scheme to anger the football players?

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

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

7. How does Coach Bob die?

8. What are the sleeping arrangements for the Berry family once they move into the hotel?

9. Why does Franny attack Frank?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Franny and Susie, making sure to use specific quotations from the novel to support your paper.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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