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

2. Jones reveals that he is working on a novel entitled __________________.
(a) For Whom the Bell Tolls.
(b) Answered Prayers.
(c) Light in August.
(d) Travels with Charley.

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

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

5. Jones enters into a relationship with Boatwright which is part sexual and part _____________.
(a) religious.
(b) business.
(c) philanthropic.
(d) spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the famous photographer Jones meets at Boatwright's parties?

2. What work did Capote intend to mimic?

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

4. Who is Turner Boatwright?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Florie Rotondo?

5. What is the irony of Jones' namedropping in the book?

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

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

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

9. How does Jones balance his dark side with an entertaining style of writing to engage the reader?

10. Who is Woodrow Hamilton and what pivotal role does he play in Jones' life?

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