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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sammy write his scripts?
(a) By reading books that inspire him.
(b) By acting them out and having people add ideas as he acts.
(c) Alone at a typewriter.
(d) In his office.

2. How does Al liken himself to Sammy?
(a) They will both stop at nothing to get ahead.
(b) They have nothing in common.
(c) They are both columnists, Jewish, and American.
(d) They are both originally from another country and started their life in the slums.

3. What does Al realize about Sammy's play, "Live Wire?"
(a) The play was terrible.
(b) Sammy stole Al's manuscript idea.
(c) He took the idea from Al's favorite comic book.
(d) Sammy has modeled the play after "The Front Page."

4. In Chapter Four, when they are talking, how does Billie say she feels about Al?
(a) She thinks he needs to improve his game.
(b) She is using him to get closer to Sammy.
(c) She thinks of him as a friend.
(d) She thinks he is sweet and she likes him.

5. What decision does Julian's wife make regarding her husband's situation with Sammy in Chapter Six?
(a) She packs up their car and says they will drive to Hollywood.
(b) She buys two tickets to Hollywood.
(c) She hires a lawyer who will take her to Hollywood.
(d) She calls to confront Sammy herself and makes arrangements to meet him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Al calls Sammy when he first arrives in Hollywood in Chapter Three. What does Sammy talk to him about?

2. In Chapter Seven, why does Al feel pressure at work?

3. After they are intimate, what question does Al ask Billie?

4. In Chapter Four, Al says Sammy is only capable of one kind of love. What kind of love is it?

5. How does Sammy react to Al when Al approaches him?

(see the answer key)

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