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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 the group of men Frank has been spending time with call themselves?
(a) Kiwanis Club.
(b) Haddam Divorced Men.
(c) Divorced Men Club.
(d) Rotary International.

2. What university did Frank attend for a short time?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Southern California.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Nebraska.

3. What did Frank do more of on the trip than anything else before leaving with Vicki to Detroit?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Betting.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Relaxing.

4. Who does Frank call from the hotel?
(a) Walter.
(b) The football player.
(c) Wade.
(d) X.

5. What emotion does the football player evoke from Frank during their meeting?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Pity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul wonder about with his dad toward the end of Chapter 4?

2. What disease did Frank's son have?

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

4. When Frank has trouble in the hotel, what does Frank turn on?

5. What does Paul have when he comes outside his house in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Walter?

3. How does Frank's meeting with the football player in Detroit go? Why?

4. Why does Walter feel drawn to Frank?

5. What is normal and mundane to Frank?

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

7. Detail Frank's writing career.

8. Why is Frank traveling to Detroit in Chapter 2?

9. How is the theme of quiet despair seen in the interview with the football player in Detroit?

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

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