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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul indicate interest in to Frank?
(a) Becoming a baseball player
(b) Coming back to Haddam to live with Frank
(c) Getting a new iPod
(d) Going to college at Yale

2. What does Frank tell Ann that displeases her?
(a) Paul is gay
(b) Paul is interested in moving back to Haddam
(c) He wants full custody of the kids
(d) She does not look good in yellow

3. Who is Irv Ornstein?
(a) Frank's mother's second husband's son
(b) Frank's broker
(c) Paul's orthopedic surgeon
(d) Frank's dentist

4. What does Ann promise Frank as Paul is loaded onto the helicopter?
(a) She wants to remarry him
(b) She will raise the kids Catholic
(c) She will call him when he is out of surgery
(d) She will divorce Charley

5. What does a phone message from Phyllis Markham say?
(a) They are moving to Florida
(b) They have moved to the Ramada and asks him to call anytime
(c) They are going back to Vermont
(d) They have found a house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank tell Paul is in the car?

2. Who is the surgeon standing by to do Paul's surgery?

3. What happens when Frank calls Sally's phone number?

4. Who has Ann brought with her to the hospital?

5. What lies under the Bird Sanctuary sign at the O'Dells' property?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank learn about Paul's condition at the hospital?

2. What does Ann tell Frank about what Paul had done to Charley yesterday?

3. Why does seeing a copy of his novel at the hotel make Frank feel sad?

4. How does the author indicate that Paul is disappointed often by Frank?

5. How is Paul injured at the Baseball Hall of Fame?

6. Describe the breakfast experience between Frank and Paul.

7. How do Frank and Ann bond momentarily over Paul's injury?

8. What does Irv tell Frank about his memories of their life?

9. How does Frank use the metaphor of independence when he talks to Paul about his own life?

10. What is Frank's conflicted position regarding getting back together with Ann?

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