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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. Where does Mrs. Jenning take Claude and Tod?
(a) A poker room
(b) A smoking room
(c) A screening room
(d) A video room

2. What was Harry's former profession?
(a) Vaudeville clown
(b) Retail manager
(c) Minister
(d) School teacher

3. How long has Tod been in Hollywood?
(a) Not quite three days
(b) Not quite three years
(c) Not quite three months
(d) Not quite three weeks

4. What is Tod's view of the world?
(a) Naive
(b) Romantic
(c) Realistic
(d) Bitter

5. How long doe Homer sleep?
(a) A half hour
(b) Two hours
(c) Three hours
(d) All night

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod think when he sees Mary Dove?

2. What is the answer to #27 wearing in the picture?

3. What is unusual about the chimney?

4. Where did Tod go to college?

5. What is the scene in one of the bedroom paintings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Homer's personality.

2. What happens when Tod and Claude arrive at Mrs. Jenning's?

3. Who is Earle Shoop?

4. Describe the lonely life that Homer now has in California.

5. Explain the circumstances in which Tod met Abe Kusich.

6. What are the circumstances of Abe's being injured at Homer's house?

7. How does the author begin the story with interest so that the setting and time period are different from what is originally thought?

8. How does Homer meet Faye?

9. What happens between Homer and the woman at the hotel?

10. What metaphor does the author use for Tod's impression of getting close to Faye?

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