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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 were the worst days of the week for Frank when he worked at the Biltmore?

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

3. What was the name of the professor of Frank's Introduction to Literature class?

4. Who invited Frank for a beer after he had KP duty and lost his weekend pass?

5. What instrument did Corporal Vinnie Gandia play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Frank move after he left Mrs. Austin's boarding house?

3. Why did Eddie Gilligan tell Frank that he was not allowed in the kitchens at the Biltmore?

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

5. How did Corporal Dunphy show Frank how to clean his rifle?

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

7. Why was Eddie Gilligan so cold to his brother, Joe?

8. Why did Frank lose his first three-day pass when he was in the army?

9. After quitting his Blue Cross training, what did Frank think as he looked at Ellis Island?

10. What happened when Frank went dancing in Limerick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank compared himself to a character in "Crime and Punishment." Compare Frank to Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment."

Essay Topic 2

Frank wondered why America was so hard and complicated that he had trouble seeing Hamlet with a lemon meringue pie and a bottle of ginger ale. Compare going to the movie going experience in Limerick and in New York, especially as it related to taking in food.

Essay Topic 3

Compare how Frank and Mike spent their childhoods.

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