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

2. What was the minimal payment Jones ever received for a sexual experience?
(a) A piece of chocolate.
(b) Theater tickets.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Ten dollars.

3. Who is Woodrow Hamilton?
(a) Stockbroker.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Publisher.

4. What is Jones' first task for the man in #83?
(a) Shine the man's shoes.
(b) Walk the man's dog.
(c) Respond to correspondence.
(d) Send out for lunch.

5. What about Victoria Self's appearance strikes Jones?
(a) Her watch.
(b) Her stilettos.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) Her brooch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does P.B. Jones say he has met?

2. Why does Jones say it would be pointless to climb out the window?

3. Where does P.B. Jones wish he would have moved?

4. Who is the protagonist/narrator of the book?

5. How old is Florie Rotondo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the premise of ANSWERED PRAYERS?

3. What is the significance of the crystal paperweight given to Jones by Colette?

4. What was the nature of Jones' one marriage?

5. Why did Capote's friends disown him after the publication of this book?

6. Why are Jones' thoughts of jumping out the sixth floor window curtailed?

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

8. Give an example of how the author thinly veils the work as fiction.

9. What does the editor note as Capote's personal characteristics?

10. Why does Jones connect Peggy Guggenheim to his days of writing his novel called Sleepless Millions?

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