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Tom glances down while trying to retrieve the yellow paper and is paralyzed with fear.
a) Falling Action
b) Rising Action
c) Exposition
d)

The yellow paper flies out the broken window.
a) Climax
b) Resolution
c) Exposition
d)

What happens first in the story?
a) Tom thought about what the police would find in his pockets.
b) Tom dropped coins from his pockets to the street below.
c) Tom watched his wife get ready to go out alone.
d)

Tom stays home from work while his wife goes to the movies to work on a proposal for work.
a) Resolution
b) Rising Action
c) Exposition
d)

Tom trips on the ledge and accidentally closes the window, locking himself out.
a) Rising Action
b) Climax
c) Exposition
d)

In the beginning of the story, what is the most important thing to Tom?
a) going to the movies with his wife
b) getting paid
c) getting a promotion at work
d)

What causes Tom to go out on the ledge?
a) Tom's paper flies out the window.
b) Clare goes to the movies alone.
c) Tom does research on store displays.
d)

Why doesn't Tom wait for his wife to come home and help him?
a) He thinks she would not notice him out on the ledge.
b) She will become angry if she comes home and finds him on the ledge
c) She had left early to see the second feature and would not be home for hours.
d)

Which of the following is a moment of high suspense in the story?
a) Clare leaves
b) Tom looks down and panics.
c) Tom stares through the window into his living room.
d)

Which event in the story causes Tom to panic?
a) His wife goes to the movies.
b) He sees the street below him.
c) He thinks about the contents ofhis pockets.
d)

Tom leaves the apartment to find his wife at the movies.
a) climax
b) resolution
c) rising action
d)

Tom decides to break the window knowing that if he fails he will fall 11 stories.
a) climax
b) exposition
c) falling action
d)

Tom works for a grocery store.
a) expositon
b) rising action
c) falling action
d)

The yellow paper flies out the window as Clare leaves for the movies.
a) expositon
b) rising action
c) falling action
d)

Tom breaks the window and is able to get back inside.
a) rising action
b) climax
c) falling action
d)

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