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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator try to break down Holly's door?
(a) The narrator smells smoke.
(b) Holly is ill.
(c) The narrator hears a gun shot.
(d) There are loud banging noises coming from her apartment.

2. How does the narrator describe Jose?
(a) Generous and courteous.
(b) Intelligent and presentable.
(c) High-strung and impatient.
(d) Pompous and ever-inebriated.

3. Who accompanies Jose into Holly's apartment?
(a) A friend.
(b) A priest.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A reporter.

4. What does Holly have to do before reading the letter from Jose?
(a) Put on some reading glasses.
(b) Put on makeup and jewelry.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Have some wine.

5. How does Jose get into Holly's apartment?
(a) With a key.
(b) By unscrewing the hinges of the door.
(c) Jose climbs through the window.
(d) Holly opens the door.

6. What does Doc think up until the last minute before he leaves New York?
(a) That Holly will go to Texas with him.
(b) That Holly is wasting her life.
(c) That Holly is dating the narrator.
(d) That Holly is unhappy in New York.

7. What happens to Mag in Key West?
(a) Mag is proposed to.
(b) Mag gets a first-degree sunburn.
(c) Mag is offered a lucrative modeling job.
(d) Mag is bitten by a colony of red ants.

8. How did Holly's parents die?
(a) Holly's parents died in a car accident.
(b) Holly's parents died in a house fire.
(c) Holly's parents died of influenza.
(d) Holly's parents died of tuberculosis.

9. What is the narrator asked to give to Holly by the person in Holly's apartment?
(a) A letter.
(b) Some cash.
(c) A plane ticket.
(d) A photograph.

10. What information does Holly ask the narrator to obtain from The Times?
(a) Who the fifty richest men in Texas are.
(b) Who the fifty richest men in Europe are.
(c) Who the fifty richest men in Brazil are.
(d) Who the fifty richest men in Mexico are.

11. What does the narrator feel upon discovering who Rusty's bride is?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Relief.
(d) Heartache.

12. What does Holly liken the "mean reds" to?
(a) Stealing turkey eggs and running through a brier patch.
(b) Getting lost in a crowd.
(c) Trying on jewelry at Tiffany's that one can't afford.
(d) A recurring nightmare.

13. What conclusion does the narrator come to about Holly while he is angry at her?
(a) Holly is "a harpy."
(b) Holly is "an utter fake".
(c) Holly is "a snake."
(d) Holly is "a raving banshee."

14. How does the narrator describe the man he sees examining Holly's mailbox?
(a) A person in his forties with tan skin and wearing a cheap suit.
(b) A person in his early fifties with a hard, weathered face.
(c) A person in his late fifties with slick hair and a proud stance.
(d) A person in his early thirties with a limp.

15. What happens to Rusty in Key West?
(a) Rusty loses his balance and falls into the ocean.
(b) Rusty comes down with a high fever.
(c) Rusty gets into a fight and is seriously injured.
(d) Rusty gets mugged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Holly rather have than a dishonest heart?

2. What does the narrator help Holly do on Christmas Eve?

3. How does the narrator describe Holly's appearance upon her return from Key West?

4. What does Holly give the narrator for Christmas?

5. Where do Holly and Jose go after Key West?

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