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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fouts send Jones a first class ticket to Paris?
(a) He wanted his advice.
(b) He missed him.
(c) He wanted him to attend his premiere.
(d) He was attracted to Jones' stories.

2. Jones says that Fouts lacked _________________.
(a) money.
(b) success.
(c) manners.
(d) sexual prowess.

3. What is the profession of the person in #55?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Author.
(c) Interior designer.
(d) Attorney.

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

5. Where did Jones move with money he earned?
(a) Rome.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

6. What happened to several more chapters of this book that were not published?
(a) Capote never showed them to anyone else.
(b) There were never any other chapters.
(c) They were burned in a house fire.
(d) They were lost on a crashed hard drive.

7. Which famous person does Jones meet in Paris?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Andy Warhol.
(d) Ed McMahon.

8. Miss Self sends Jones on his first appointment with a man whose pseudonym is _______________.
(a) Wallace.
(b) Mason.
(c) Clayton.
(d) Miller.

9. What does Florie Rotondo encounter on her travels?
(a) Oz.
(b) The devil.
(c) Zombies.
(d) Unspoiled monsters.

10. On what holiday did Jones' marriage break up?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Years Day.

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

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(a) It is unpublished.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

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

14. P.B. Jones comments that he may move to the _______________ floor of his building.
(a) 12th.
(b) 24th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 3rd.

15. What advice does the person in #68 give to Jones?
(a) Never listen to critics.
(b) Always respect the ambitious child within.
(c) Get up early every day to start writing.
(d) Write every day regardless of what else is happening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What runs rampant in Jones' building?

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

3. Jones' book will be based on his experiences with whom?

4. How does Jones learn of Denny Fout's death?

5. Who is Woodrow Hamilton?

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