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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the visitor want with Frank upon Frank's return from Detroit?
(a) Love.
(b) Support.
(c) Communication.
(d) Comfort.

2. Which of the following has not been a major theme of "The Sportswriter"?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Despair.
(c) Pity.
(d) Grief.

3. A woman approaches Frank who he does not know in Chapter 12. Who does Frank suspect it is?
(a) Walter's sister.
(b) Walter's step-mom.
(c) Walter's mom.
(d) Walter's aunt.

4. What is Frank still doing on the holiday in Chapter 9?
(a) Loving.
(b) Grieving.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Praying.

5. What does Frank do before going to the police station?
(a) Lies down for a nap.
(b) Eats.
(c) Changes clothes.
(d) Calls Vicki.

6. What does Walter give Frank when he returns from Detroit?
(a) A promise.
(b) A kiss.
(c) An embrace.
(d) A key to his house.

7. What does this person end up giving Frank while Frank is at his desk?
(a) Flattering remarks.
(b) A reprimand.
(c) Another assignment.
(d) A compliment.

8. What does Frank remember most about living with the other professor at the college?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Writing.
(d) Fishing.

9. How does Frank find Cade?
(a) Serious.
(b) Comical.
(c) Single-minded.
(d) Friendly.

10. Where does Frank finally read Walter's letter?
(a) In his car.
(b) At Walter's apartment.
(c) The train.
(d) At home.

11. What did Frank become obsessed with about a year after Ralph's death?
(a) Sex.
(b) Reading.
(c) Catalogs.
(d) Alcohol.

12. Where is Walter's child said to be in the letter?
(a) California.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Ohio.

13. Who does Ralph think of on the holiday morning in Chapter 9?
(a) Walter.
(b) X.
(c) Vicki.
(d) Ralph.

14. How does Frank find the dinner at Vicki's father's house?
(a) Awful.
(b) Delicious.
(c) Undercooked.
(d) Overcooked.

15. Where is Frank's office located?
(a) New York.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through the investigation, what has Frank fulfilled for Walter?

2. How does Frank feel because he believes Vicki is unhappy with him when he arrives at her father's place?

3. Who offered the college teaching position to Frank?

4. Who does Frank call on the holiday morning in Chapter 9?

5. Where did Frank teach for a semester?

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