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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his last night in Hollywood, what does Al admit to Kit?
(a) He has always had feelings for her.
(b) He has a wife that he left in New York.
(c) He never wanted to work in Hollywood.
(d) Sammy is his brother.

2. How does Sammy's brother, Israel, feel about his own job at The Settlement?
(a) He wishes he had Sammy's job.
(b) As if he is making a difference and things will improve.
(c) As if he is tied down and does not care about his work.
(d) As if he can never get enough work done because poverty is an endless cycle.

3. Why does Sammy ask Al to take Kit to the opening night of Sammy's play, "Live Wire?"
(a) Sammy is trying to make Kit fall in love with Al.
(b) Because he won't have time to socialize with Kit.
(c) Because Sammy has a date with Rita Royce.
(d) He feels sorry for Al.

4. In Chapter Ten, why does Al think Sammy asks him to help with his picture?
(a) Sammy owes Al a favor from a long time ago.
(b) Al believes Sammy is taking on too big of a project and that Sammy feels unsure of himself.
(c) Because Sammy has lost his connections with everyone else.
(d) Al thinks Sammy is using him the way he used Julian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job did Sammy work as a boy?

2. In Chapter Eleven, who does Sammy stand up for when he talks to Harrington?

3. 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?

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

5. How is Sammy tricked by Laurette when she says she was looking at pictures all day in Chapter Eleven?

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