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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Al goes to visit Sammy at his apartment in New York. what does Sammy mean when he says "they" don't know how to be happy?
(a) They are depressed.
(b) People in Hollywood don't know when they are enjoying themselves.
(c) They don't have feelings because of their experiences in Hollywood.
(d) Satisfaction is impossible.

2. What do Al and Kit talk about when they walk to the beach?
(a) The state of The Writer's Guild.
(b) Selling out to write for a bigger corporation.
(c) Sammy's success.
(d) Running away together.

3. What happens when Al meets up with Billie in Chapter Seven?
(a) He confesses he is thinking of suicide.
(b) He drunkenly proclaims his love for her.
(c) He asks her if she loves Julian.
(d) He tells her how he feels about Kit.

4. What do Julian and Rosalie have in common?
(a) They are both Sammy's lovers.
(b) Both are Al's children.
(c) They turn out to be brother and sister.
(d) Sammy made promises to the both of them.

5. What is Sammy's advice to Al regarding work in Chapter Three?
(a) He tells him to cheat his way to the top.
(b) That things will pick up in a year.
(c) He tells him he is safe with a six month contract and doesn't have to start impressing anyone until the fifth month.
(d) He says nothing will get better and Al should just move back to New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Al feel about what Sammy has done to Rosalie?

2. How does Sammy respond when Al confides in him about his problems at work in Chapter Four?

3. How does Al feel about sharing a cubicle with Sammy?

4. What is Al's impression of Rosalie when the two meet for dinner in Chapter Three?

5. By the end of Chapter Nine, how does Al begin to think of Sammy?

(see the answer key)

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