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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Florie Rotondo?
(a) A young writer.
(b) A publisher.
(c) An interior designer.
(d) A polo player.

2. Who is the editor of this book?
(a) William Paley.
(b) Joseph M. Fox.
(c) William Sloane.
(d) Bennett Cerf.

3. Where does P.B. Jones wish he would have moved?
(a) London.
(b) The country.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) The Far East.

4. Who is the protagonist/narrator of the book?
(a) D.A. Meadows.
(b) P.B. Jones.
(c) T.D. Matlow.
(d) C.A. Hall.

5. What is notable about this book?
(a) It is unpublished.
(b) It is an uncompleted novel.
(c) It is a biography.
(d) It is written in French.

6. Who was Capote's longtime companion?
(a) Johnson Davis.
(b) Jack Dunphy.
(c) Johnnie Watson.
(d) James Hall.

7. Why does Jones say it was too late for him to move to the country?
(a) He was living in a townhouse.
(b) He already bought property in a suburb.
(c) The farm he was interested sold to someone else.
(d) He had already headed to the Earth's interior.

8. Truman Capote was popular from ______________________.
(a) the early 1950s into the early 1970s.
(b) the late 1960s into the early 1980s.
(c) the late 1940s into the early 1960s.
(d) the late 1970s into the early 1990s.

9. What is Denham Fouts' profession?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Curator.
(d) Prostitute.

10. What type of school did Jones attend?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Convent school.
(c) Military school.
(d) Private school.

11. What work did Capote intend to mimic?
(a) Remembrance of Things Past.
(b) Travels with Charley.
(c) From Here to Eternity.
(d) Something Wicked This Way Comes.

12. What is notable about the masseur Jones meets in the YMCA?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is retarded.
(d) He is crippled.

13. What does the person in #68 give to Jones when he visits her/his home?
(a) Crystal paperweight.
(b) Grey fedora.
(c) Diamond cufflinks.
(d) Mont Blanc pen.

14. Mr. Wallace is probably a pseudonym for which famous person?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

15. Where does Jones first meet Denham Fouts?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jones move with money he earned?

2. What did Capote change during the writing of this book?

3. For what other book is Truman Capote famous?

4. What would be viable if Jones were to move to this location?

5. Who is one of the authors that Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?

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