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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the McLeods' little boy?
(a) Brian
(b) Nelson
(c) Bobby
(d) Eric

2. How does Frank view the Markhams at this point?
(a) He is determined to help them
(b) He is weary of them
(c) He wishes they would call another realtor
(d) He is buoyed by their energy

3. Where do Frank's ex-wife and two children live?
(a) New York
(b) Deep River, CT
(c) Boston, MA
(d) Groton, CT

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

5. With whom does Frank plan to visit this evening?
(a) Clair
(b) Sally
(c) Ava
(d) Regina

6. How does Frank know that Larry McLeod is at home?
(a) He sees him in the backyard
(b) His stereo is on
(c) He hears a toilet flush
(d) His car is there

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

8. What does Frank think about as he drives?
(a) His ex-wife's new husband
(b) His real estate career
(c) His feelings for Sally
(d) His ex-wife taking him back to court

9. What does Frank think of as he lies in the motel room?
(a) A new wine cellar
(b) Death
(c) His itinerary
(d) A career change

10. What is Joe Markham's hobby?
(a) Historian
(b) Real estate agent
(c) Editor
(d) Potter

11. What do the Markhams do with the information about the new listing?
(a) Ask questions
(b) Reject it
(c) Give approval
(d) Create obstacles

12. Who is the old woman who calls the police on Frank?
(a) Myrtle Bowen
(b) Myrlene Beavers
(c) Alice Conway
(d) Marlene Bowers

13. Where is Frank headed after he leaves Sally's?
(a) Rhode Island
(b) New York
(c) Connecticut
(d) Maine

14. What does Joe Markham tell Frank when Frank returns his phone message?
(a) They are going back to Vermont
(b) They have hired another realtor
(c) They have decided to rent one of Frank's houses
(d) They want to make an offer on the farmhouse

15. What does Phyllis do when she talks to Frank?
(a) She hits on him
(b) She swears at him
(c) She cries
(d) She makes an offer on the house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frank Bascombe's profession?

2. What does Frank eventually do after driving drunk into a picnic table at the Beer Depot?

3. Even though Joe likes the house, Phyllis is negative about it because of ________________________.

4. With whom is Frank going on a trip over the holiday weekend?

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

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