2. What does Frank do when he gets to the hotel?
(a) Takes a shower.
(b) Settles into a chair.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Makes phone calls.

3. Where did Frank and his now ex-wife settle after they were married?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New Jersey.

4. What does Frank have trouble doing at the hotel?
(a) Talking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Going to the bathroom.

5. Who or what was ultimately responsible for ending Frank's marriage?
(a) A break-in.
(b) Money problems
(c) Low self-esteem.
(d) A woman.

6. What does Frank's wife do for a living?
(a) Golf instructor.
(b) Golf professional.
(c) Sportswriter.
(d) Fiction writer.

7. Why does Frank think Vicki feels the way she does when he returns to the hotel?
(a) His actions during the night.
(b) His insecurity.
(c) He left the hotel.
(d) Low self-esteem.

8. What major theme seen throughout the book is seen in Frank's interview with the football player?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Pity.
(c) Depression.
(d) Quiet despair.

9. What is this woman who Frank is seeing do for a living?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Nurse.

10. Frank's doctor is described as a ____________.
(a) Nerd.
(b) Jerk.
(c) Womanizer.
(d) Idiot.

11. What does Paul wonder about with his dad toward the end of Chapter 4?
(a) If his dad will ever be happy again.
(b) Where Ralph is.
(c) If his mom will ever be happy again.
(d) If Frank and X will get back together.

12. After whose death did Frank attend school?
(a) Father.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Mother.

13. At the beginning of "The Sportswriter," who does Frank meet early in the morning?
(a) Vicki.
(b) X.
(c) Paul.
(d) Ralph.

14. Who is Frank's ex-wife responsible for taking care of?
(a) Herself and her three children.
(b) Herself and her two children.
(c) Herself and her four children.
(d) Herself and her one child.

15. What did Frank talk about with Walter?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Woman.
(c) Past.
(d) Athletics.