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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank try to do to Vicki when he returns from the interview in Detroit?
(a) Cheer her up.
(b) Communicate.
(c) Make love.
(d) Apologize.

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

3. What type of school did Frank attend?
(a) Private.
(b) Military.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Public.

4. How does Frank feel when Vicki arrives in Chapter 3, knowing he is there with his doctor?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Embarrassed.

5. Who appears out of nowhere while Frank waits in line to check in at the airport?
(a) Frank's doctor.
(b) Frank's ex-wife.
(c) Frank's ex-lover.
(d) Frank's mom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Frank flying to in order to interview a football player as a human interest story?

2. What does Frank do for a living?

3. What did Frank talk about with Walter?

4. What is this woman who Frank is seeing do for a living?

5. Despite Frank's divorce, who is Frank still friends with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank have trouble saying "I love you," even to Vicki?

2. Who is Walter?

3. What makes Frank's human-interest story, the interview with the football player in Detroit, difficult to write?

4. What happens when Frank arrives to pick Vicki up to go with him on the trip to Detroit in Chapter 2?

5. How is Frank's desire to both be a part of his family again and to allow his ex-wife to go on with her life without him evident?

6. What is normal and mundane to Frank?

7. Does Frank think X can go on with her life without getting married?

8. Detail Frank's writing career.

9. What was the key to Frank's divorce?

10. Frank returns to the hotel in Detroit after the interview to find Vicki depressed. Why is Vicki depressed?

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