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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. How does Frank feel because he believes Vicki is unhappy with him when he arrives at her father's place?

2. What do Frank and Vicki do first after Frank arrives at Vicki's father's house?

3. How did the relationship with the professor Frank lived with at the college begin and end?

4. Where is Frank's office located?

5. What does the visitor want with Frank upon Frank's return from Detroit?

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

3. On the way home from Vicki's father's on Easter, who does Frank think of and what does he do about it?

4. What does Walter want to talk to Frank about after Frank returns from Detroit?

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

6. Detail the trip to Vicki's fathers home for Easter dinner.

7. 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?

8. Throughout the story, how has Frank shown growth in dealing with women?

9. Where does Frank read Walter's letter and what makes him so shocked?

10. Describe Frank's relationship with another of Berkshire College's professors, Selma, while Frank taught at Berkshire.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Suicide is a very difficult thing to deal with. Even though Frank did not get along well with Walter, hearing of the suicide of Walter changed Frank and brought more despair and grief. Give examples from the story of how Frank dealt with Walter's suicide. Did the suicide bring up different feelings from those of the death of Frank's son Ralph? How? Why or why not?

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

Frank wants to be normal. He is jealous of those people he gets to know or sees that have a "normal" life. What does Frank consider to be normal? Name three people in the story that Frank believes have a normal life and give details of how Frank believes their life is normal.

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