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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 Frank buy in Florida?

2. What does Frank decide to do when he starts thinking about someone on the way home from Wade's house?

3. Where is Walter's child said to be in the letter?

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

5. What does Frank remember most about living with the other professor at the college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. How does the search for Walter's daughter help Frank?

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

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

7. Who is waiting for Frank outside the police station and what do they do?

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

9. Upon returning from Detroit, detail the conversation and Frank's reaction when Walter tells Frank about his male encounter.

10. On Easter, who does Frank make telephone calls to, and what was the purpose of the calls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout "The Sportswriter," there are many friendships that are established. Pick one friendship that is established and explain what characteristics makes this friendship specifically between the two friends mentioned. Students can choose from Vicki and Frank, Selma and Frank, X's father-in-law and Frank, Walter and Frank or any pair of characters from the story.

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