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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dennis Barlow taking care of according to the Englishmen talking?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) Hiring a new worker.
(c) His mother.
(d) Sir Francis' body.

2. What do some English expatriates talk about in the last scene?
(a) A shake up in the studio.
(b) Their soccer club.
(c) Their cricket club.
(d) A new woman on the set.

3. What does Barlow find difficult to believe about the funeral home's structure?
(a) That it's a funeral home.
(b) That it's considered serene.
(c) That it's three-dimensional.
(d) That it's considered tasteful.

4. What is poorly received by the studio heads?
(a) The new anti-communist guidelines.
(b) A screen-play about a large woman.
(c) The biography that Sir Francis writes.
(d) A screen-play about a pet coyote.

5. What is one thing said to be on the building of the funeral home?
(a) Gargoyles.
(b) Weather vanes.
(c) Bird droppings.
(d) Mold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author suggest return the book unread to where they got it?

2. About whom does Dennis come to Hollywood to do a screenplay?

3. What is the name of the funeral home where Dennis goes?

4. What is one natural scene described in Chapter 1?

5. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?

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