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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the others react to Franks long-winded speech?
(a) They sit quietly, indifferently.
(b) They argue with him about his views.
(c) They become angry.
(d) They tell him they do not care what he has to say.

2. What does Frank decide to do, regarding Maureen?
(a) Take off her sweater.
(b) Make a pass at her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Ask her out to dinner.

3. What does April say Europe will do for him?
(a) Provide him a break from reality.
(b) Provide the correct cultural background for him to find a meaningful life for himself.
(c) Give him a taste of life away from New York City and the suburbs of Connecticut.
(d) Save him from the depression into which he is sinking.

4. How does April respond to Frank?
(a) She shrugs him off coldly.
(b) She begs him to stay.
(c) She apologizes for their fight.
(d) She cries as he drives away.

5. Of what does Frank reassure April?
(a) French is an easy language to learn.
(b) They will both pick up the language fast once they start living there.
(c) Most people in France speak English.
(d) They will take French classes before they move.

6. What does Frank say has become a kind of national religion?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

7. How do both April and Frank feel as children?
(a) Shy.
(b) Happy.
(c) Spoiled.
(d) Lonely.

8. Why did Maureen marry at age eighteen?
(a) Her parents encouraged her to marry.
(b) She was in love.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She could not stand her last name.

9. How does sixty-seven-year-old Howard Givings look and act?
(a) Older than his years.
(b) Very odd.
(c) His age.
(d) Younger than his years.

10. What does Frank do after pulling the car over?
(a) He does nothing.
(b) He gets out and begins to walk away.
(c) He slides across the seat to try and take his wife in his arms.
(d) He yells at April.

11. Of what does Frank Wheeler catch a glimpse as April acts out her part onstage?
(a) The girl he fell in love with.
(b) A stranger.
(c) The shy girl he had once known.
(d) A great actress.

12. To what does Frank look forward?
(a) The end of his marriage.
(b) The beginning of the work week.
(c) His children going back to school.
(d) The arrival of Shep and Milly Campbell.

13. With what does Frank Wheeler struggle?
(a) Whether or not he wants to leave his job and larger salary.
(b) His feelings about his wife.
(c) The question of who to tell, and when, of his planned departure from the Knox Business Machines Co.
(d) His agreement to move his family to Paris.

14. What does Frank use to create a walkway in the front of the house?
(a) Cinderblocks.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Stones.
(d) Wooden planks.

15. Who can Frank hardly remember without the aid of a photograph?
(a) His wife.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His parents' faces.
(d) His siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they return from lunch, what does Frank see other co-workers doing?

2. Where does Shep meet Milly?

3. From where is the director who is hired to work with the amateur actors?

4. What do Frank and April begin doing to each other?

5. At an alcohol-fueled lunch, what does Maureen Grube tell Frank?

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