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

2. How old is Paul?

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

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

5. How do Vicki and Frank travel from the airport to the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Frank handling his divorce with X?

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

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

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

8. Why does Walter feel drawn to Frank?

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

10. Why does Frank have trouble saying "I love you," even to Vicki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank keeps a promise to Walter and travels to Florida to tell his illegitimate daughter about Walter's death. Frank travels to Florida and discovers Walter lied to him. Would Frank have been able to change if he would have stayed in New Jersey? Did Frank need a new change of place? What made Frank love Florida so much and choose to stay there?

Essay Topic 2

Through the Divorced Men Club, Frank befriends a man named Walter. What are the similarities and differences between Frank and Walter in their personal and private lives? Give specific examples and details from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

X feels bad and goes to meet Frank at the police station. X agrees to go to Walter's apartment with Frank because she is supportive of Frank at this time and wants to show sympathy. How does the theme of sympathy get portrayed in how X treats Frank? Give details and examples from the story to support your answer.

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