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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Six, what does Kit try to convince Al to do?
(a) Go to the producers about Sammy's lies.
(b) Date her in secret.
(c) Forget Julian.
(d) Join The Guild.

3. What does Al suggest to Sammy regarding Rosalie?
(a) He tells him to send for her and see what she can do.
(b) To forget about her completely.
(c) That he send her money until she gets back on her feet.
(d) That Sammy should move back to New York and settle down with her.

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

5. What excuse does Sammy give for not keeping in contact with Rosalie?
(a) He thinks Rosalie is trying to suck him dry.
(b) He says he's too good for her.
(c) He says he couldn't help it and he didn't want to hurt her.
(d) He tells Al to mind his own business and doesn't give an excuse.

6. What is Al's impression of Rosalie when the two meet for dinner in Chapter Three?
(a) He is struck by how thin and unwell she looks.
(b) He feels threatened by her abrasive manner.
(c) He finds her beautiful and wants to start dating her.
(d) He knows she has bad intentions.

7. How does Al describe Julian in Chapter Five?
(a) A person with great strength.
(b) Confused, insecure yet unforgettable.
(c) Nebbish: the kind of person that is easily forgotten.
(d) Over-eager.

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

9. What does Al mean when he says his own voice is filled with inadequacy?
(a) He is unable to argue with pride.
(b) He is incapable of being creative.
(c) He has lost his voice.
(d) Everything he tries to express is absurd.

10. After they are intimate, what question does Al ask Billie?
(a) How many men she has been with.
(b) Where she sees herself in the next ten years.
(c) What she wants out of life.
(d) If she would ever consider marrying him.

11. When they are talking at lunch, what does Julian confess to Al that Sammy has stolen?
(a) His car.
(b) His whole life.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His wife.

12. In Chapter Five, how does Al lose his week's salary?
(a) Renting a limo for the night.
(b) At blackjack.
(c) Buying too much champagne.
(d) By making a bet with Kit.

13. In Chapter Two, Al says there are two kinds of self-made men. One reflects on their success as patriotic and remembers all of the details of their success. How does he describe the second type?
(a) As rushing forward and never looking back to remember where they came from.
(b) As never realizing their success and being surprised by where they are in life.
(c) He never explains the second type.
(d) As stopping when they reach a certain point.

14. Why is Al having a hard time at work in Chapter Four?
(a) He doesn't have passion.
(b) His boss barely ever assigns him work.
(c) His producer throws his first script away and assigns him a partner.
(d) He doesn't trust anyone.

15. When Al and Kit see Julian at the premier in Chapter Five how does he act?
(a) Confused about how things worked out the way they did.
(b) Troubled.
(c) Lost.
(d) Infuriated and heart broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Sammy think Rosalie should move to Hollywood?

2. Why is Al first intrigued by Sammy?

3. What does Al think of Catherine Sargent?

4. How does Al liken himself to Sammy?

5. Why do Julian and his wife want to go to Hollywood?

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