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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does April Wheeler do as Frank drives off to work?
(a) She glares at him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She waves a smiling farewell.
(d) She calls Shep on the telephone.

2. On the drive from the mental hospital, how does John act toward his mother?
(a) Shy and quiet.
(b) Straighforward.
(c) Aggressively rude.
(d) Odd.

3. All four walk outside to the parking lot to discover what?
(a) The Campbells' car is missing.
(b) The Campbells' car is blocked in place by other cars.
(c) The Campbells' car has been broken into.
(d) The Campbells' car has a flat tire.

4. What does April do when Frank approaches and touches her?
(a) She freezes.
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She screams

5. How does John speak to Frank?
(a) In a very shy manner.
(b) With great compassion.
(c) Kindly.
(d) A prosecutorial tone.

6. Frank goes to lengths to project what?
(a) His feelings of compromise.
(b) The love he feels for April.
(c) A strong masculinity of the sort that first drew April to him.
(d) A sense of understanding.

7. About what does this woman grill Frank?
(a) His feelings for her.
(b) His feelings for Milly.
(c) His involvement with Maureen.
(d) His love for his wife.

8. How does Frank counter April's comments and questions?
(a) He feels they should wait until after the baby is born.
(b) He is not sure if he wants to move.
(c) He wonders if he would want to look back and say that he was able to find himself in Europe because April had committed a "criminal mutilation" of herself.
(d) He wants to move immediately.

9. What is Frank doing while April is hiding in the dark?
(a) He sits alone in the quiet house with all the lights off.
(b) He is watching his children sleep.
(c) He is drinking at a bar.
(d) He is talking to Maureen on the telephone.

10. In the aftermath of April's death, what does Millie Campbell recount numerous times?
(a) What her son said to April.
(b) The final resolution of the Wheeler family.
(c) The last words she said to April.
(d) April's face.

11. What does April repeatedly ask Frank about living in Europe?
(a) If he wants to move within the month.
(b) If he is sure he still wants to move.
(c) How he would feel about taking long vacation in Europe with his income as a successful employee of Knox Business Machines.
(d) How he would feel about not moving to Europe.

12. What does Millie recall about her feelings at the closing of the sale of the house of Revolutionary Road?
(a) How nervous she was.
(b) How sad she was.
(c) How upset she was.
(d) How excited she was.

13. Where has April Wheeler been admitted?
(a) To a nursing home.
(b) To a local clinic.
(c) To the emergency room.
(d) To a mental institution.

14. Does John accept Frank's explanation for why they decided not to move?
(a) Yes.
(b) For a moment.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) No.

15. Who is Bart Pollock?
(a) Jackson Pollack's brother.
(b) CEO of Knox Machine Company.
(c) General sales manager for the electronics division of Knox Business Machines.
(d) Frank's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does April coolly interject that Frank should do?

2. Why does Milly Campbell call her husband Shep at work?

3. Of what does April assure Jennifer?

4. How does the Wheelers' daughter, Jennifer, react to their move to Europe?

5. What does Mrs. Givings offer to find for the Wheelers?

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