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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Frank Wheeler awaken?
(a) A debilitating hangover.
(b) A deep depression.
(c) Love for his wife.
(d) A refreshed feeling.

2. Why does Frank suddenly become angry with his son, Michael?
(a) Michael has lied to him.
(b) Michael is misbehaving.
(c) The shovel comes close to his son's small foot.
(d) Michael is asking too many questions.

3. What does Frank use to create a walkway in the front of the house?
(a) Wooden planks.
(b) Stones.
(c) Cinderblocks.
(d) Bricks.

4. What does Frank note about the affectations he sees on Maureen's part?
(a) She probably picked them up from Norma, her older roommate.
(b) She probably picked them up from girls in the office.
(c) She probably picked them up from her sister.
(d) She probably picked them up from watching television.

5. For what does April apologize again?
(a) Being rude and unkind.
(b) Being hot-headed.
(c) Making plans without discussing them with him first.
(d) Being hard to live with since her involvement with the community theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Shep polish his shoes?

2. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?

3. When did Frank and April's love affair in a seedy shack near Greenwich Village turn serious?

4. Describe Helen's home.

5. With the decision to move to Paris, what seem to return to the marriage of Frank and April Wheeler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Frank's surprise birthday party?

2. How does Frank's mood affect his productivity?

3. How does the decision to move to Paris affect the Wheelers?

4. How do the children respond to their parents' moods?

5. What does the Knox Building represent?

6. How does Frank feel about April's plan to move to Europe? How does she react to his thoughts about her idea?

7. How does April feel after the play? How does this affect her relationship with her husband?

8. What does Maureen tell Frank at lunch?

9. On what does Ordway quiz Frank?

10. How does Frank's father feel when they return from the city?

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