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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the editor refer to the narrator of the book?
(a) A man among men.
(b) A prince of a guy.
(c) A hero in every sense of the word.
(d) A dark Doppelganger.

2. What is the name of the company Hamilton suggests Jones should work?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) The Self Service Agency.
(c) Interiors by Design.
(d) The New York Times.

3. Who does P.B. Jones say he has met?
(a) Unspoiled monsters.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) Astronauts.
(d) Soccer stars.

4. What would be viable if Jones were to move to this location?
(a) His plants would have better morning light.
(b) He would sustain serious injury climbing out the window.
(c) His fear of heights would be exacerbated.
(d) He would have a better view of the city.

5. What does Jones imply that he is considering?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Moving to Europe.
(c) A new career.
(d) Suicide.

6. The book focuses on the lives of people in _______________.
(a) decline.
(b) poverty.
(c) rural America.
(d) high society.

7. Where does Fouts go to wean himself off drugs?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New York.
(d) Finland.

8. Who is the secretary in Victoria Self's office?
(a) Michel.
(b) Butch.
(c) Simone.
(d) Randy.

9. For what other book is Truman Capote famous?
(a) Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) Killer Angels.
(c) In Cold Blood.
(d) Cane River.

10. What does Jones think would have happened if he had moved to the country?
(a) He would have been very lonely.
(b) He would have missed the night life.
(c) His life would have been better.
(d) He would have probably killed himself.

11. What is the setting for this section of the book?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Beverly Hills.
(d) Aspen.

12. What is Fox's first theory of what happened to the rest of this book?
(a) A full manuscript is forgotten somewhere.
(b) More chapters are in a safe deposit box.
(c) A full manuscript was never completed.
(d) A few more chapters were burned in a house fire.

13. What runs rampant in Jones' building?
(a) Sexual promiscuity.
(b) Unattended children.
(c) Drug abuse.
(d) Loud music.

14. Who is P.B. Jones?
(a) A florist.
(b) A bartender.
(c) An editor.
(d) The narrator.

15. Jones was trained as a _________________.
(a) masseur.
(b) lawyer.
(c) pilot.
(d) mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boatwright tell Jones about Jones' stories?

2. Why does Jones quickly leave the apartment of the man in #83?

3. What is Fox's third theory about what happened to the rest of this book?

4. Mr. Wallace is probably a pseudonym for which famous person?

5. How can Capote's private persona be generally described?

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