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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 43-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the action of the door when Tom Benecke starts "to close the door" (11)?
(a) Protests.
(b) Resists.
(c) Squeaks.
(d) Complains.

2. When Tom Benecke uses a reflection to locate the yellow piece of paper, where is it?
(a) Between his teeth.
(b) Balled in his fist.
(c) Behind his ear.
(d) Hanging out of his jacket pocket.

3. Of what material is the clothing made that Tom Benecke dons just before venturing out onto the ledge?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Cashmere.
(d) Tweed.

4. When Tom Benecke imagines Clare Benecke coming home and "glancing up to see him" (52) on the other side of the window, what word is used to indicate his position?
(a) Crouched.
(b) Stood.
(c) Knelt.
(d) Cross-legged.

5. When Tom Benecke tries shouting again for the final time, what word is used to describe the way in which he shouts?
(a) Desperately.
(b) Manically.
(c) Deafeningly.
(d) Experimentally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward what object does Clare Benecke direct her gaze as she tells Tom Benecke that he "works too much" and "to hard" (6)?

2. Just before feeling his hand touching the yellow sheet of paper, Tom Benecke is taking what action?

3. Tom Benecke sees his reflection in what surface that alerts him to the location of the yellow sheet of paper?

4. Immediately after Tom Benecke thinks about how many months it would take to reconstruct the yellow sheet of paper, he takes what action in relation to the window ledge?

5. The narrator describes Tom Benecke as a man who looks like he had NOT played what sport in college?

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