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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. After quitting the training for his office job, where did Frank have a beer?

2. When did Frank take his Introduction to Literature class?

3. How much more was Frank paid a week than the dishwashers?

4. What book did Corporal Dunphy lend Frank?

5. When Frank had to write about an author he'd like to meet, who did he write about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a man behind the bar tell Frank when he came into Costello's for a drink?

2. What were Frank's job duties when he returned to working at Port Warehouses?

3. How was Frank able to stay in the hospital after his eyes healed?

4. What did Mr. Pugilio, who was doing the Blue Cross training, say would happen if someone lied on their application?

5. Why, when Frank had ten more days of his furlough, did he wish that he only had ten minutes?

6. Why did Frank have to look for a lost napkin when he was working at the Biltmore?

7. Why didn't Frank hit a ship's officer who made fun of the town where he was from?

8. Why did Horace and Frank almost die in a fumigation room?

9. What happened when Frank took lemon meringue pie and ginger ale to watch Hamlet at a playhouse?

10. How did the priest get back to the New Yorker after he drank too much?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank told about an army corporal named Dunphy who should have been kicked out of the army long ago. Discuss Dunphy and his role in Frank's training.

Essay Topic 2

At one point, Frank said that if he had any belief left, he would have gone to confession. Discuss Frank's religious beliefs.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Frank and Horace.

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