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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Camilla's puppy, Willie, provides her with a sense of:
(a) Ways to stay busy
(b) A sense of purpose
(c) Agitation and restlessness
(d) Comfort and joy

2. After sending his telegram, Arturo tries to:
(a) Discuss it with Mr. Hellfrick
(b) Contact Camilla by telephone
(c) Sit down and write a new novel
(d) Retrieve it before it is delivered

3. How does Arturo escape from Vera at the bar?
(a) He sneaks out from the men's room to a back alley
(b) He joins a group of friends and leaves
(c) He loses himself in a pinball game
(d) He pretends to be sick

4. What does Vera think of Arturo's writing?
(a) It is brilliant
(b) It is no good
(c) She has not read it
(d) It is mediocre

5. Seeing Camilla's apartment after the earthquake, Arturo:
(a) Goes in and tries to find Vera
(b) Calls the firemen to the building
(c) Wails with regret
(d) Assumes she has died

6. Arturo tries to make a life for himself and Camilla by:
(a) Asking her to marry him again
(b) Finding a house on Laguna Beach
(c) Taking her in and feeding her
(d) Being tolerant of her habits

7. When Arturo does something nice, he is often:
(a) Temporarily humbled
(b) Self-congratulatory
(c) Headed for another religious breakthrough
(d) Angry at himself

8. Why does Arturo leave Camilla to return to Los Angeles?
(a) To pick up his mail
(b) To buy new furnishings
(c) To see if she can make it alone
(d) To check out of his hotel room

9. Hellfrick wants to borrow money from Arturo, this time for:
(a) Gin
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Meat
(d) Milk

10. Arturo calls Camilla a cheap imitation of:
(a) A friend
(b) A woman
(c) An American
(d) A Mexican

11. What does Arturo think about the sailors?
(a) That they live dangerous lives
(b) That they drink far too much
(c) That even they have what he cannot have
(d) That they are young and foolish

12. In this chapter, Arturo may have realized that:
(a) It is much better living farther away from Hellfrick
(b) Camilla is his one, lifelong true love
(c) Success in his career is not what makes him ultimately happy
(d) Having a car may be more trouble than it's worth

13. Sammy is terminally ill with:
(a) A brain tumor
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Alcoholism
(d) Lung cancer

14. Arturo decides to be nicer to Sammy because he realizes:
(a) Sammy has been nice to him
(b) Living is hard enough
(c) He and Sammy have been friends a long time
(d) He will miss Sammy when he's gone

15. Arturo feels his novel will serve to:
(a) Make him rich and famous
(b) Satisfy his wanderlust
(c) Give his writing to the world
(d) Mend things with his mother

Short Answer Questions

1. The escapee, Camilla, asks for money from Arturo through:

2. Why does Arturo write an angry essay about Catholicism?

3. Arturo's next story will be based on:

4. Camilla's apartment is:

5. When Camilla and Arturo go to visit Sammy, Camilla becomes:

(see the answer keys)

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