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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank decide to do when he starts thinking about someone on the way home from Wade's house?
(a) Pull off of highway.
(b) Suggest he come up for a visit.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Call her.

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

3. What does Frank do when he finally gets home from Easter dinner?
(a) Lies down for a nap.
(b) Eats.
(c) Listens to messages.
(d) Re-bandages his injury.

4. What does the carhop bring Frank to help him feel better after the crash on Easter evening?
(a) A root-beer float.
(b) A chocolate shake.
(c) An ice-cream sundae.
(d) A banana split.

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

6. Where does Frank make a telephone call on the way home from Easter dinner?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Phone booth.
(c) A drive-in.
(d) Cell phone.

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

8. Who does Frank try to please by eating seconds at Vicki's dad's house?
(a) Vicki.
(b) Lynette.
(c) Wade.
(d) Cade.

9. Who was against Frank taking the teaching job at a college?
(a) Vicki.
(b) X's father.
(c) X.
(d) His children.

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

11. While looking at a catalog, Frank sees a woman he believes he knows. Where does Frank go to see if it is the woman he knows?
(a) The library.
(b) The census bureau.
(c) The post office.
(d) The telephone book.

12. At the police station, Frank is told he does not have to identify the body because they have found a family member to do this. Where is this family member from?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Iowa.

13. What was the other professor who lived with Frank at the college interested in from Frank?
(a) Money.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Fun.
(d) Commitment.

14. What person does Vicki want to tell Frank about at her father's?
(a) Vicki's dad.
(b) Vicki's brother.
(c) Frank's doctor.
(d) Frank's friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the professor Frank lived with while he taught at a college?

2. What does Walter give Frank when he returns from Detroit?

3. Where does Vicki's father take Frank?

4. As a result of Frank's kindness, what can't Walter do?

5. What conclusion does Frank come to regarding Walter's child?

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