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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 Frank's mother need him to send more money in Chapter 7?

2. What nationality was the last guy who had Frank's job at the Biltmore?

3. What did the bartender at Costello's tell Frank he had to read before he could come back to the bar?

4. Where did Frank's landlady, Mrs. Austin, come from?

5. How many times did Frank ride the Staten Island ferry after he quit the training for an office job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a man behind the bar tell Frank when he came into Costello's for a drink?

2. What caused problems between Frank and Emer?

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

4. Why didn't Frank wander the streets of Manhattan after he shaved his head?

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

6. How did Frank learn to type the company reports quickly?

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

8. How was Frank able to stay in the hospital after his eyes healed?

9. How did the priest get back to the New Yorker after he drank too much?

10. What were Frank's job duties when he returned to working at Port Warehouses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Frank's expectations of what college would be like with what college was actually like.

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 why Frank worked temporary jobs and how the jobs worked out for him.

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