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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To the Markhams, the idea of having so much in common with the rest of society is ____________.
(a) Comforting
(b) Surprising
(c) Depressing
(d) Validating

2. What does Frank find on the bedside table in his room at Sally's beach house?
(a) A box of tissues
(b) Reading glasses
(c) A new lamp
(d) A book and cuff links

3. How many messages does Frank have when he stops to check in?
(a) 7
(b) 13
(c) 3
(d) 5

4. What is the name of Frank's editorial?
(a) There's no place like home
(b) Buyer vs. Seller
(c) Home is where the heart is
(d) Buyer beware

5. What does Frank eventually do after driving drunk into a picnic table at the Beer Depot?
(a) Becomes controlling owner of the restaurant
(b) Goes to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
(c) Takes a different route home
(d) Never drinks and drives again

6. In what city does the story begin?
(a) Albany, Georgia
(b) Haddam, New Jersey
(c) Rhinebeck, New York
(d) Springboro, Ohio

7. Frank thinks the Markhams have a case of the _____________________.
(a) Blahs
(b) Realty dreads
(c) Cooties
(d) Heebie jeebies

8. Why are the Markhams in such a low state?
(a) They cannot afford any houses they like
(b) Their marriage is on the rocks
(c) Their stocks have bottomed out
(d) They have lost their jobs

9. What does the man in #94 think Frank is?
(a) A real estate shark
(b) A lunatic
(c) A great golfer
(d) A straight up guy

10. What does the old woman ask Frank as he is leaving?
(a) If he wants a piece of pie
(b) If he will mow her yard
(c) If he can open a stuck window for her
(d) If the police caught the robber or not

11. What is Frank Bascombe's profession?
(a) Real estate
(b) Law
(c) Finance
(d) Education

12. Where does Frank plan to take Paul?
(a) Disney World
(b) Basketball and Baseball Halls of Fame
(c) Six Flags
(d) Kennebunkport

13. What news does Frank get that stuns him?
(a) His stocks crash
(b) His brother has died
(c) Ann is going to marry another man
(d) His company is closing

14. What item did Paul steal recently?
(a) Condoms
(b) Beer
(c) Watch
(d) Cigarettes

15. Who is Vonda Lusk?
(a) A mortgage broker
(b) A teller at the bank
(c) The office cleaning lady
(d) The receptionist at the real estate office

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Markhams balk at the idea of renting Frank's house?

2. Who is Sally Caldwell?

3. What type of landlord does Frank hope to be?

4. What does Frank do when he and the Markhams exit his car?

5. What does Ann inadvertently call Frank before hanging up the phone?

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