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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 many of Frank's siblings had died?

2. What color uniform did Frank wear when he was a houseman?

3. For what football team did Corporal Sneed want to play?

4. How old was Frank in 1949?

5. When Frank became the colonel's orderly, what was the name of the colonel's driver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mr. Herbert say to Frank and the class when Frank wrote about Jonathan Swift?

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

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

4. How did Frank get the grease off his fatigues after he had KP duty?

5. How did Frank get his first job in New York City?

6. What happened to Uncle Pa's lungs?

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

8. How did Frank's mother describe her new house?

9. Why wasn't Corporal Dunphy kicked out of the army long ago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Frank decided not to reenlist in the army. Discuss why Frank had to decide whether to reenlist and why he chose not to.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Emer and Frank and why they broke up.

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