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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. How many artists do Sammy and Joe recruit?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

2. Who is the owner of Empire Novelty?
(a) Kornblum.
(b) Sheldon Anapol.
(c) Jack Ashkenazy.
(d) Sammy.

3. What is the number of the apartment that Kornblum and Joe are unable to get into?
(a) 34.
(b) 12.
(c) 42.
(d) 21.

4. What is the name of Rosa's boss?
(a) Hoffman.
(b) Ebling.
(c) Deasy.
(d) Anapol.

5. What is Sammy's age at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rosa volunteer?

2. What percentage of the rights to the comics do Sammy and Joe receive?

3. What do Joe and Kornblum look for in the apartment they break into?

4. How many comic strips have Sammy and Joe drawn in their first weekend collaborating?

5. What has Joe trained to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tommy's relationship with Joe.

2. What role does surrealism play in Part VI?

3. After reading about the story of an alleged jumper in the paper, why does Joe follow through with his plan in the end?

4. What does Joe use as an escape?

5. What is one subtle characteristic of Sammy that becomes more apparent at the party he attends with Joe?

6. Describe the party that Sammy and Joe attend.

7. Why does Joe jump from the building?

8. According to the book's foreshadowing, which character will play a larger role in the future of the novel? How do you know?

9. What does the letter from Joe's mother attempt to convince him to do? Does it work?

10. What does the Golem represent?

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