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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or who leaves Vicki pessimistic about the future at the hotel in Detroit?

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

3. Where did Frank and his now ex-wife settle after they were married?

4. How does Frank feel when Vicki arrives in Chapter 3, knowing he is there with his doctor?

5. How does Frank speak with his ex-wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has X done since her divorce with Frank?

3. After Frank realizes it is too late to see Vicki after having drinks with Walter, what does Frank do?

4. What is the Divorced Men Club?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Frank's depression and despair, he finds himself very vulnerable of people and things around him, thus making him jealous easily. Give two specific examples from the book of who Frank becomes jealous of. Why is he jealous of these people, and how does he handle the jealousy?

Essay Topic 2

Frank's physical injury by the glass of the phone booth caused pain. In what other ways has the event within the phone booth caused pain to Frank?

Essay Topic 3

After Frank leaves Walter's apartment, Frank drives around alone for a while and ends up at the train station. Frank finds comfort in watching people come and go. Write about the symbolism of Frank's life to the train station.

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