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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 Win sell the hotel to before the family leaves for Vienna?

2. What does "Wrench" do?

3. Under what conditions will the owner sell the third hotel that Win wants to buy?

4. Who goes to see what has happened to Miss Miscarriage?

5. What do Franny and John do after they finish sleeping with each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Miscarriage plead with John to do before the radicals' plot moves forward?

2. Why does Win want a dog?

3. What does Frank tell John about what he remembers about his life in Vienna?

4. How do the rescuers find the plane crash site so easily?

5. Why does Lilly say she wished she had stayed with Fritz back at the original Hotel New Hampshire?

6. Why does John start to cry when he is getting drinks with Win before they confront the radicals?

7. As his family is discussing the radicals' plot, why does John say he and his family are not good foreigners?

8. How does John manage to get more money for Lilly's book release?

9. What is the ultimate goal of the family's revenge plan on Chip?

10. Why is Frank's decision to major in Economics a wise one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Franny and Frank's physical fight in "The First Hotel New Hampshire" reveals information about *three* characters that are present in the scene.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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