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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jones' book will be based on his experiences with whom?
(a) Ava Gardner.
(b) Michaele Sloane.
(c) Kate McCloud.
(d) Avery Weddington.

3. What happened to Capote when real people recognized themselves in this book?
(a) They rejected Capote.
(b) They gave the book as Christmas gifts.
(c) They wanted royalties.
(d) They celebrated the book.

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

5. Who is most probably the narrator of the book?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What runs rampant in Jones' building?

2. On what holiday did Jones' marriage break up?

3. Who is Woodrow Hamilton?

4. In what city did Jones write his book titled Sleepless Millions?

5. What is the name of the company Hamilton suggests Jones should work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which author and book do Jones and Hamilton discuss related to Jones' writing?

2. What is the focus of the book?

3. Which American expatriate has a strong influence on Jones' life?

4. Which real person is thinly disguised in the character of Mr. Wallace?

5. Who does the editor feel is the real person disguised as P.B. Jones?

6. What is Jones' perspective on moving to the country himself?

7. Why does the author reveal the sexual practices in both high society as well as the lower side of life at the YMCA?

8. Explain Truman Capote's notoriety in the 1960s and 1970s.

9. What was the nature of Jones' childhood and early adulthood?

10. How did Jones get the money to get to New York and how does he describe his first year in that city?

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