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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. Who does Frank meet early the next morning while in Detroit?
(a) Boss.
(b) His ex-father-in-law.
(c) Walter.
(d) The football player.

2. What is the football player full of, due to what happened to him?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Joy.
(d) Rage.

3. After Vicki finds Frank looking in her purse at the hotel, what is Frank worried Vicki will do?
(a) Beat him up.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Never speak to him again.
(d) Break up with him.

4. What is the weather like in Detroit this holiday weekend?
(a) Thunderstorm.
(b) Winter storm.
(c) Severe fog.
(d) Blizzard.

5. After having drinks in Chapter 4, where does Frank find himself parked after having drinks with Walter?
(a) The Bowling alley.
(b) His ex-wife's house.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A palm readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank's doctor is described as a ____________.

2. Due to depression, what do Vicki and Frank end up doing after Frank returns from his meeting in Detroit?

3. Frank has accepted what about his divorce?

4. What did Vicki and Frank plan to do while in Detroit but do not get the opportunity?

5. What does Frank admit to the reader about his ex-wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Walter feel drawn to Frank?

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. Why do Frank and Vicki decide to leave Detroit early?

7. What is the Divorced Men Club?

8. What does Frank do when he has trouble sleeping at the hotel in Detroit?

9. What is normal and mundane to Frank?

10. Why does Frank go through Vicki's purse?

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