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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 or who leaves Vicki pessimistic about the future at the hotel in Detroit?
(a) Frank.
(b) The trip.
(c) The hotel.
(d) A self-help book.

2. Why does Frank think Vicki feels the way she does when he returns to the hotel?
(a) His actions during the night.
(b) He left the hotel.
(c) Low self-esteem.
(d) His insecurity.

3. What is the name of the woman Frank is seeing?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Selma.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Vicki.

4. How do Vicki and Frank travel from the airport to the hotel?
(a) Rental car.
(b) Bus.
(c) Shuttle.
(d) Taxi.

5. Where is Frank flying to in order to interview a football player as a human interest story?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, what is Frank lost within?

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

3. Meeting early in the morning with this person has become what for Frank?

4. What does Frank's wife do for a living?

5. After having drinks in Chapter 4, where does Frank find himself parked after having drinks with Walter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Frank and Vicki do after landing in Detroit?

3. What happens when Frank is met by his doctor while waiting in line at the airport?

4. What is the Divorced Men Club?

5. Explain Frank's biggest conflict in his life at this beginning of the story.

6. How has the death of their son Ralph taken a big toll on Frank and X?

7. Who is Walter?

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

9. What has become a ritual for Frank and X?

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

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