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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the diagnosis for Miss Leeson's condition?
(a) Debility induced by starvation.
(b) Overwork.
(c) Malnourishment.
(d) Emaciation.

2. When Miss Leeson comes home without having dinner, to whom is Mr. Skidder re-inking a stage direction?
(a) Mary Heron.
(b) Frances Abington.
(c) Sarah Harlowe.
(d) Myrtle Delorme.

3. On what planet does Miss Leeson say she knows the style of sleeves that will be worn next fall?
(a) Mars.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pluto.

4. What does Miss Longnecker do for a living?
(a) Teaches in a private school.
(b) Teaches in a public school.
(c) Works at a department store.
(d) Works at a grocery.

5. What actress does Mr. Skidder believe will want to play the heroine in his play?
(a) Lillian Lorraine.
(b) Anna Held.
(c) Billie Burke.
(d) Fanny Brice.

6. When the roomers are talking about stars, how many ducks and rabbits does Miss Dorn say she shot on Sunday?
(a) 8 ducks and 2 rabbits.
(b) 10 ducks and 3 rabbits.
(c) 7 ducks and 4 rabbits.
(d) 9 ducks and 1 rabbit.

7. How dark is Miss Leeson's room at night?
(a) Like the shaft of a coal mine.
(b) Like catacombs.
(c) Like an unlit closet.
(d) Like the bottom of a well.

8. As Miss Leeson lies starving on her bed, how many times does it take for her to be able to raise her arm?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

9. According to Miss Longnecker, what is the real name of the star Miss Leeson calls Billy Jackson?
(a) Gamma.
(b) Archird.
(c) Fulu.
(d) Schedar.

10. How is the stairway described when Clara takes Miss Leeson to see the Skylight Room?
(a) Stygian.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Caliginous.
(d) Dark.

11. How is Miss Leeson's room described when she falls on her iron cot when she has had no dinner?
(a) Dinlas.
(b) Deimos.
(c) Eurus.
(d) Erebus.

12. How far away does Miss Leeson think Billy Jackson is when she is starving?
(a) 600,000 miles.
(b) Millions of miles.
(c) 570,000 miles.
(d) Hundreds of thousand of miles.

13. What does Miss Leeson do when she puts two fingers to her lips when is lying on her bed starving?
(a) Speaks quietly.
(b) Hums.
(c) Blows a kiss.
(d) Whistles.

14. How is Mrs. Parker's call to Clara described after Miss Leeson cannot afford the rooms she is shown?
(a) Alarm.
(b) Bell-like.
(c) Tocsin.
(d) Siren.

15. In what constellation is the star that Miss Leeson refers to as Billy Jackson?
(a) Orion.
(b) Centaurus.
(c) Cassiopeia.
(d) Ursa Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Leeson weakly strike the man who asks her to marry him?

2. Who likes it when Miss Leeson has time to sit on the steps?

3. When Miss Leeson is starving, what does she say to her star?

4. What house number is given when an ambulance is called for Miss Leeson?

5. Where does Miss Dorn work?

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