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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Nine, what do Al and his friends debate over when they go out for drinks?
(a) Whether or not Al will ever make it big.
(b) Where Sammy is from.
(c) Whether or not Rosalie Goldbaum has passed away.
(d) When Sammy will leave Hollywood.

2. Why didn't Sammy have his Bar-mitzvah?
(a) The Rabbi caught Sammy stealing from the temple.
(b) The Rabbi told his father Sammy was not allowed because he did not practice his faith.
(c) Sammy refused because he did not believe in it.
(d) His parents could not afford it.

3. In the end of the book, what realization does Al come to about Sammy?
(a) Sammy is all alone.
(b) He is just as successful as Sammy.
(c) Sammy is heartless.
(d) Sammy is his only true friend.

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

5. In Chapter Eight, when they are at lunch, what news does Julian give to Al and Sammy?
(a) He and his wife have bought a cottage and they are having a baby.
(b) He has left his wife for Billie.
(c) He is very ill.
(d) He has decided to quit and return to New York City.

6. In Chapter Eleven, what happens between Sammy and Laurette at the party?
(a) She tells him about a secret deal then leaves.
(b) She slaps him in the face because he offends her.
(c) They are both charmed by one another.
(d) He is threatened by her so he has Al talk to her.

7. In Chapter Twelve, why does Sammy call Al over late in the night?
(a) He needs Al's help writing a script.
(b) Laurette has left him.
(c) He wants to party.
(d) He wants Al to take him home.

8. Who greets Al when Al goes to Sammy's apartment in New York in Chapter Ten?
(a) Israel Glickstein, Sammy's brother.
(b) Kit.
(c) Sammy himself.
(d) Sheik Duncan, Sammy's childhood arch bully.

9. Why did Sheik beat up Sammy every day of their childhood?
(a) Sammy stole from his family.
(b) Sheik bullied everyone.
(c) Sammy made fun of him.
(d) Because Sammy is Jewish.

10. What does Sidney Fineman do for Kit and Sammy?
(a) He is a dirty agent and he's done them wrong.
(b) He is their financial advisor and he steals their money.
(c) He is a top producer and he oversees their projects.
(d) He sells their work to underground agents.

11. In Chapter Eleven, when Sammy tells Al he has everything, what is he referring to?
(a) Money.
(b) Owning Hollywood.
(c) A studio, connections, and a dream woman.
(d) The world.

12. As a child, how did Sammy make his seventy-five cents?
(a) He robbed the temple.
(b) He stole it from his father's wallet.
(c) He sold stolen goods on the street.
(d) He let Christians convert him.

13. What rumor follows Sidney Fineman's death?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He hated his life.
(c) He stole Sammy's idea for his last movie.
(d) Sammy posioned him.

14. In Chapter Seven, what does Al say he has written a play about?
(a) What makes Sammy run.
(b) A Rabbi in a town filled with anti-semitism.
(c) Hollywood scandals.
(d) His childhood.

15. What does Al propose to Kit in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Marriage.
(b) They sabotage Sammy's life.
(c) Professional partnership.
(d) She take flying lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Al tell Mrs. Glickstein when she asks about Sammy in Chapter Nine?

2. In Chapter Eight, why does Al say it was a month he would never forget in Hollywood?

3. In Chapter Eight, what does Julian want to discuss with Kit and Al when he invites them to his house?

4. Where did Sammy get his name?

5. How does Al feel about going back to Hollywood in Chapter Ten?

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