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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 happened to the football player as a result of the accident?
(a) Paralyzed in the hospital.
(b) Nothing (no injuries).
(c) Confined to a wheelchair.
(d) Short hospital stay.

2. After meeting with his ex-wife, what does Frank prepare for when he returns home?
(a) Date.
(b) Trip.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Meeting.

3. As a result of his accident, what has the football player Frank is interviewing become?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Motivational speaker.
(c) Football coach.
(d) Inspired.

4. Where did Frank and his now ex-wife settle after they were married?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Detroit.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group of men Frank has been spending time with call themselves?

2. How is Frank's ex-wife best described as?

3. What type of man is Frank?

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

5. Who did Frank spend an evening speaking with prior to his divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Divorced Men Club?

2. Why does Frank hope Vicki does not come back while his doctor is around at the airport?

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

4. Who is Walter?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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