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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the candles are lit, champagne is poured, and Cora starts to play?
(a) Harry does not appear.
(b) The lights go out.
(c) Everyone sings.
(d) Harry and Jimmy appear.

2. What did Evelyn believe, no matter what Hickey did?
(a) He was a good man and a good husband.
(b) He was a horrible person.
(c) He was insane.
(d) She would never forgive him.

3. Why does Harry tell Cora to stop playing?
(a) She is playing too loudly.
(b) She does not even know the tune.
(c) The song is upsetting him.
(d) He does not like the song she is playing.

4. What does Harry say about this gathering?
(a) It is pathetic.
(b) It is his real birthday party.
(c) It is as it should be.
(d) It is the safest place to be.

5. Why does Hickey say he will have a glass of champagne?
(a) To prove he can still be sociable.
(b) They are doing a toast to Harry.
(c) He is being pressured to have some.
(d) He likes champagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hickey refuse to do for Harry?

2. How do the others respond when Hickey proposes a second toast to living without pipe dreams?

3. What does Larry do as the other down-and-outers drunkenly sing their favorite songs?

4. Why does Harry immediately reject the cake?

5. What do Chuck and the others say to Hickey as he is rambling on about having no more pipe dreams living freely?

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