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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 is the name of the woman Frank is seeing?

2. Who does Vicki befriend on the plane trip to Detroit with Frank?

3. What is the main thing Walter wants to speak with Frank about?

4. Who appears out of nowhere while Frank waits in line to check in at the airport?

5. Who does Frank meet early the next morning while in Detroit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens while Frank is parked outside X's house in Chapter 4?

5. Why is Frank traveling to Detroit in Chapter 2?

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

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

8. Detail Frank's writing career.

9. What is normal and mundane to Frank?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Walter is a man who Frank meets as a member of the Divorced Men Club. Who is this Walter? Write a biography of Walter, giving as much information about Walter as you can provide. Give specific examples and details from the story to support your biography.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

All people have changed throughout the story; however, some are more noticeable than others. Who do you believe has changed the most? Describe this change in detail, and support your answer with evidence from the book.

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