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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Claude and Tod see in the room?

2. What was Harry's former profession?

3. What is the content of the note?

4. Who is Mary Dove?

5. Whose picture is tucked into the frame of Tod's mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tod view the possibility of any relationship with Faye at this point?

2. What were the circumstances of Homer Simpson's move to California?

3. What is Tod's opinion of why people come to California?

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

5. How did Tod come to live at the San Bernardino Arms?

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

7. What has Tod learned in his relatively brief time in Hollywood?

8. How does Homer meet Faye?

9. Why is Tod so energized to be in Hollywood?

10. What does Faye tell Tod about her new living arrangements?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Tod view the people he sees as potential models or subjects of his paintings? What is the author telling the reader by Tod's fixation? Is Tod a realist or a romantic?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Homer's cottage. Why did he choose it? Is it consistent with Homer's personality? Does it reflect him or not? Why did the author put Homer in this setting?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Mrs. Jenning. What does she look like? What was her past? How has she created a business that will sustain her? Does she seem comfortable with her new life?

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