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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aimée think of Mr. Joyboy's work on Sir Francis?
(a) The smile is lopsided.
(b) As wonderful.
(c) As a tad too perfected.
(d) The eyelids are droopy.

2. What is one word that one of the Englishmen might use to describe Americans?
(a) Decent.
(b) Conceited.
(c) Kind.
(d) Miserly.

3. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?
(a) A cloudy view of reality.
(b) A little nightmare.
(c) A slice of the good life.
(d) A look at the rotten core of life.

4. Who is Wilbur Kenworthy?
(a) A man who dreams of happiness.
(b) A famous poet.
(c) An embalmer at the Eternal Rest home.
(d) A homeless man whose corpse is being prepared at the funeral home.

5. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother's state of health when Aimée asks?
(a) She is sad that Sambo has died.
(b) She is in robust health.
(c) She has meet a nice gentleman.
(d) She is failing fast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir Francis Hinsley?

2. What does Dennis tell Mr. Schultz?

3. What does Mr. Joyboy say might help Dennis?

4. Who is delivering Sir Francis' corpse to the cosmetician?

5. What did Dennis find difficult to believe when he first worked in Hollywood studios?

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