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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?
(a) Fifty-five hundred dollars.
(b) Just under a million.
(c) Some bearer bonds.
(d) Nothing.

2. What sort of car does the young man with black eyes and a straw hat have as he waits for the bus?
(a) A black Model-T.
(b) A white Daimler.
(c) A green Aston Martin.
(d) A red Stutz roadster.

3. What building where mostly nice people live does Jimmy pass on Broadway on his way to buy some candy?
(a) The Waldorf.
(b) The Station.
(c) The Plaza.
(d) The Ansonia.

4. When Jimmy is returning from his sea voyage, what does the man say that the yellow flagged boat is?
(a) The orphanage boat.
(b) The quarrantine boat.
(c) The prison boat.
(d) The deportation boat.

5. Where does Hartly want to go for vacation?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) The Maine woods.
(c) Virginia Beach.
(d) Upstate New York.

6. What is the name of Jimmy's aunt?
(a) Emily.
(b) Rachelle.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Anne.

7. What is Jimmy's cousin's name?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Ed.
(c) Stuart.
(d) James.

8. What did Bud's father do to him when he was a kid?
(a) Revered him.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Sold him into slavery.
(d) Locked him in the closet.

9. Who does Harry say that the new show, Red Red Rose, played exclusively to?
(a) The critics.
(b) Royalty.
(c) The ushers.
(d) Students.

10. What does Jimmy's mother call him?
(a) Her best boy.
(b) Her big soldier.
(c) Her future lawyer.
(d) Her little dreamer.

11. What does Ellen say to Harry Goldweiser about being an emotional actress?
(a) It's frivolous.
(b) It's liberating.
(c) She loves it.
(d) It's all false.

12. What song is Ed Thatcher trying to pick out on the piano?
(a) The Mosquito Parade.
(b) How Great Thou Art.
(c) When the Saints Go Marchin in.
(d) We're in the Money.

13. What is the train called in New York besides the subway?
(a) The Locomotive.
(b) The Speedmover.
(c) The Elevated.
(d) The Commuter.

14. What is the motto above the man's head in the King C. Gillette ad?
(a) No cuts no guts.
(b) Be the King!
(c) No stropping no honing.
(d) Sharp as a tack.

15. What does Ellen tell Stan that procreation is?
(a) An admission of defeat.
(b) A sell-out.
(c) A constant reminder.
(d) A way to live on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lady with the pink cameo actually give Bud for moving the coal?

2. Who does Ruth tell Jimmy threatened to shoot Elaine?

3. What does Bud do to his father?

4. What does the man's wife who shaves at the end of "Ferryslip" say of his clean face?

5. Who is apparently staying at the Waldorf as evidenced by the flag outside the building?

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