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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. What does one of the men do with Cecelia during the unexpected stop at the beginning of the book?
(a) He comforts her.
(b) He asks about her past.
(c) He flirts with her.
(d) He plays with her.

2. What does the mysterious passenger give the girl?
(a) A ring.
(b) A flower.
(c) A book.
(d) A comb.

3. What does Stahr do when he sees the people stuck in the worst damaged part of the area?
(a) Calls for help.
(b) Tries to calm them down.
(c) Tries to rescue them.
(d) Yells at them.

4. Who does Stahr usually spend the night with?
(a) His secretary.
(b) By himself.
(c) Cecelia.
(d) Random women.

5. What happens just as Cecelia and her father are about to head home?
(a) The studio is shut down.
(b) An earthquake hits.
(c) Cecelia's father collapses.
(d) A bar fight is started.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the girl have to stop unexpectedly at the beginning of the book?

2. What time of day does the girl get to the place she wanted to see during the unexpected stop?

3. Who does one of the people who was stuck in the worst damaged part of the area remind Stahr of?

4. What causes the unexpected stop at the beginning of the book?

5. What is Boxley's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stahr run his conference about the new movie he is starting?

2. Who is the mysterious passenger on the plane, and what does he do when he is recognized?

3. What kind of damage is caused by the strange event in Chapter 2?

4. Why does Stahr accept the fact that the next movie he is releasing will lose money?

5. What happened the night before Chapter 3 starts?

6. Who attempts to help the people trapped in the backlot after the strange event?

7. What does Cecelia realize shortly after returning to Los Angeles?

8. How is Cecelia introduced at the beginning of the book?

9. What strange event happens as Cecelia is about to take her father home in Chapter 2?

10. What is Cecelia's father doing when she finds him after her flight?

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