View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crashes into a phone booth while Frank is in it?
(a) A shopping cart.
(b) A carhop.
(c) A truck.
(d) A car.

2. While Frank is at his desk in Chapter 13, who comes over to see Frank?
(a) An intern.
(b) A colleague.
(c) His boss.
(d) A visitor from another magazine.

3. Who was against Frank taking the teaching job at a college?
(a) X's father.
(b) X.
(c) Vicki.
(d) His children.

4. Why did Frank get hired so quickly for the college teaching job?
(a) The hiring party knew Frank's work.
(b) The college needed someone quickly.
(c) The hiring party knew Frank personally.
(d) He did well in the interview.

5. When Frank imagines what his family is doing on the holiday in Chapter 9, how does this make him feel?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Happy.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the professor Frank lived with while he taught at a college?

2. After Frank tells the visitor he is tired from his trip, what does the visitor do?

3. While looking at a catalog, Frank sees a woman he believes he knows. Where does Frank go to see if it is the woman he knows?

4. Which of the following has not been a major theme of "The Sportswriter"?

5. What does this person end up giving Frank while Frank is at his desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Frank returns from Detroit and sees Walter, Walter gives Frank something. What does Walter try to give Frank and how is it received by Frank?

2. How does the uneasiness between Vicki and Frank show when Frank arrives at Vicki's father's home?

3. Describe what happens at the Easter family dinner at Vicki's father's house.

4. What does Frank become obsessed with after Ralph's death and why does Frank become obsessed with them?

5. What happens when Frank arrives at the police station Easter evening?

6. Where is Frank at when he is making a phone call after leaving Wade's house and what happens while he is making a call?

7. Who is waiting for Frank when he returns home from Detroit? What does this person want?

8. What does Frank do when he returns to his office in New York after Easter?

9. Did X and the children visit Frank at Berkshire College? Give examples to support your answer.

10. Why does X become uncomfortable at Walter's apartment and what does Frank do to make her feel this way?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 856 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample