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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?
(a) The golden boy.
(b) Ellen and her kind.
(c) The goddess of pain.
(d) A lady on a white horse.

2. What does Anna say about children in Chapter 17?
(a) She finds babysitting makes her want them more.
(b) She wants to adopt.
(c) She wants a child badly.
(d) She is never going to have any.

3. Alice Sheffield goes to what store to buy quite a lot of things?
(a) Nieman Marcus.
(b) Burberry.
(c) Lord & Taylor.
(d) Hickson's.

4. Who does Gus McNeil tell Burke to set up a drink on him for?
(a) The ladies at the bar.
(b) His friend from high shool.
(c) Burke himself.
(d) The company.

5. What does George Baldwin think of Washington?
(a) It is a greasy backwater.
(b) It is the best place to get pie.
(c) It is the key to his political career.
(d) It is the center of sin.

6. Where does Jimmy work as a reporter?
(a) At the Herald.
(b) At the Times.
(c) At the Post.
(d) At the Voice.

7. Who does Nevada end up marrying?
(a) Bud Korpenning.
(b) George Baldwin.
(c) Armand Duvall.
(d) Jimmy Herf.

8. Who says he has come from overseas making the world safe for democracy?
(a) Congo.
(b) Colonel Schmidt.
(c) George Baldwin.
(d) Captain James Merivale.

9. What does Stan wish he was?
(a) A success.
(b) A thunder cloud.
(c) An artist.
(d) A skyscraper.

10. Jimmy wishes he could blame all his woes on what to make himself feel better?
(a) His ancestors.
(b) God.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Marxism.

11. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Thirty.
(d) A high school kid.

12. What were Babylon and Nineveh built out of, according to Stan?
(a) Rock.
(b) Wood.
(c) Steel.
(d) Brick.

13. Where does Congo learn to speak American and tend bar?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) New York.

14. In the Chinese restaurant, what song is the jazz band playing when Dutch and Francie are dancing?
(a) Hindustan.
(b) Take the A Train.
(c) Caravan.
(d) In the Mood.

15. Where does Jimmy tell Tony to go when he questions his sexuality?
(a) To San Francisco.
(b) To a psychoanalyst.
(c) To the country.
(d) To Crete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pearline brag to about Stan's ambitions?

2. What is the name of the child of Jimmy Herf and Ellen Thatcher?

3. Where does Jimmy go while Ellie is having her baby?

4. Who has gotten her throat X-rayed?

5. According to Stan, what was Athens built of?

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