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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 does Franny major in at the local university?

2. What will set off the radicals' car bomb?

3. Who does Win sell the hotel to before the family leaves for Vienna?

4. How did Freud lose his sight?

5. How are the new guests described at the new Hotel New Hampshire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate goal of the family's revenge plan on Chip?

2. Why does Win want a dog?

3. What comments do Lilly and Susie make about the sexual tension between Franny and John before they sleep together?

4. Why do Susie and John end up raising Franny and Junior's baby?

5. What happens when John sees Chip on the streets of New York City?

6. What does Miss Miscarriage plead with John to do before the radicals' plot moves forward?

7. Why does John start to cry when he is getting drinks with Win before they confront the radicals?

8. When does Win say he'll take the children back to the U.S., per their request?

9. What advice does Franny give her siblings about living in Vienna when they first arrive?

10. Who does John lie to his father about their third hotel being up and running?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Sorrow -- and what happens to him after his death -- serves both as comic relief and as a literary tool Irving can use throughout the text. In a well-written essay, 1) describe the life (including what happens to his body after his death) of Sorrow, 2) how Irving uses him in at least one pivotal scene of the novel and 3) at least 3 things Irving is able to do through the use of Sorrow that would be difficult otherwise.

Essay Topic 2

Franny and John have a closer relationship with each other than they do with any of their other siblings. Describe three reasons this is OR is not true and what from the text, specifically, most informs your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

What four functions does Coach Bob serve in "The Hotel New Hampshire"? Make sure to use specific quotations and/or examples from the text to support your thesis.

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