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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Al arrives in Hollywood, when does he meet up with Sammy in Chapter Three?
(a) At an expensive cigar club.
(b) They meet for lunch.
(c) They run into one another on the street.
(d) In a bar.

2. Before he left for Hollywood, what kind of promises did Sammy make to Julian?
(a) He would give Julian full credit for the manuscript.
(b) He would find a job opening for Julian in Hollywood.
(c) Sammy made no promises to Julian.
(d) To pay him half of the profits from "Girl Steals Boy."

3. Why is Sammy comfortable in Hollywood?
(a) He has learned the right strategies to excel.
(b) He does drugs and parties all day and night.
(c) He knows how to pretend.
(d) He is originally from Hollywood.

4. What do Julian and Rosalie have in common?
(a) Sammy made promises to the both of them.
(b) Both are Al's children.
(c) They turn out to be brother and sister.
(d) They are both Sammy's lovers.

5. What surprises Al about Hollywood?
(a) The city both gives and takes.
(b) The city is a volcano waiting to erupt.
(c) The city is full of fakers.
(d) The city is not unlike a village in its psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sammy respond when Al tells him he will try to get him a job as a cub reporter?

2. Why does Al think of himself as an idealist?

3. How does Al feel about sharing a cubicle with Sammy?

4. What does Al mean when he says his own voice is filled with inadequacy?

5. How does Sammy make Al feel when they first meet?

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