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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Stan stashed while he sobers up?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) Under the stairs.
(c) In the prop closet.
(d) Under Ellen's dressing table.

2. Who does Mrs. Sunderland think Jimmy is when he visits Ruth Prynne?
(a) The rent collector.
(b) A stalker.
(c) Her father.
(d) The police.

3. Who goes with Ed to a saloon for a drink?
(a) Mr. Zucher.
(b) George Baldwin.
(c) Tony Hunter.
(d) The surgeon.

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

5. Who is George Baldwin's wife?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Cassie.
(d) Maisie.

6. What does Ed's drinking buddy say of having kids?
(a) They are the best thing to ever happen to a man.
(b) They eat money.
(c) They tear your heart out.
(d) They are loud.

7. Who does Ruth tell Jimmy threatened to shoot Elaine?
(a) Goldwieser.
(b) George.
(c) O'Keeffe.
(d) Jojo.

8. Where is Bud sitting when he reads the newspaper and the other men there are playing chess?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) The Seaman's Union.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Central Park.

9. What is Congo's favorite subject?
(a) Africa.
(b) Women.
(c) France.
(d) Birds.

10. Where is Bud born and raised?
(a) On a farm.
(b) In a factory town.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In an orphanage.

11. Where is the yellow-painted drugstore that the man at the end of Chapter 1 goes to?
(a) Off Broadway.
(b) 42nd Street.
(c) Canal Street.
(d) Wall Street.

12. Where has George been waiting for Ellen for 45 minutes?
(a) Katz's.
(b) The Brevoort.
(c) The Astoria.
(d) The Ansonia.

13. Who does Phil Sandbourne think has done more for the city of New York than any other man living?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Joe Harland.
(c) Stanford White.
(d) Henry Ford.

14. Why does Stan want to go to Mouquin's in the morning?
(a) For an absinthe cocktail.
(b) For the flowers.
(c) For bacon and eggs.
(d) To find Ellie.

15. John and Elaine change trains at ___________, when her new kid glove has split at the thumb.
(a) Freemont Exchange.
(b) Union Station.
(c) Manhattan Transfer.
(d) Port Authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the motto above the man's head in the King C. Gillette ad?

2. How does Cassandra Wilkins speak when she meets Jimmy?

3. What company is the lady on the white horse advertising?

4. What does Morris call Cassie when she talks about getting a bit part in Goldweiser's next show?

5. What stood up, vague as a sleepwalker, that Ed Thatcher sees as he looks across the Narrows?

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