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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. Why did Mary take a summer job working at a hotel, the summer she met Win?
2. Who is leading the group of football players that stops Franny and John on Halloween night?
3. Who hires a band for the New Year's party?
4. What day does the Berry family move into their first Hotel New Hampshire?
5. Why do the workers have so much free time the first night the hotel opens?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who else is caught in the net with Franny and John at school on Halloween night?
2. Why does John whisper during sex after his first encounter with Rhonda?
3. How does "State O' Maine" die?
4. What does Franny do several times a day after being attacked on Halloween night?
5. How does Junior Jones help John get better at lifting weights?
6. Why does Franny attack Frank?
7. How does Franny react when she is let go from the net on Halloween night?
8. Why would Coach Bob have refused to coach the expelled players had they been allowed to remain on the team?
9. How does Win react to Freud's letter during the New Year's party?
10. Why is there a break in the quick succession that Mary and Win have their children in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
John gets into body-building after Franny's rape, and both he and Franny know it is connected to what happened to her. As Franny begins her recovery, however, John keeps up his fitness routine for nearly all of his life. Discuss whether or not John ever gets over Franny's rape and what, from the text, most informs your position, using direct quotations and examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Susie and Franny's relationship over the course of the novel, using direct quotations and examples from the text to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
In "The First Hotel New Hampshire," Coach Bob accuses his son, Win, of never being happy with his current circumstance. Write an argument discussing why this is OR is not true, using direct evidence from the novel to support your position.
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