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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 the editor of this book?
(a) Bennett Cerf.
(b) William Sloane.
(c) William Paley.
(d) Joseph M. Fox.

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

3. Who is one person who becomes a key figure in Jones' life?
(a) Hedy Lamaar.
(b) Joyce van Patten.
(c) Alice Lee Langman.
(d) Monique von Selsen.

4. What is Natalie Barney's notoriety?
(a) French sculptor.
(b) French poet.
(c) American heiress.
(d) American singing star.

5. Where did Jones grow up?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) His aunt's house.
(c) His grandparents' home.
(d) His stepmother's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be viable if Jones were to move to this location?

2. Who was Capote's longtime companion?

3. What about Victoria Self's appearance strikes Jones?

4. Why does Jones say it was too late for him to move to the country?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the crystal paperweight remind Jones of Kate McCloud?

2. What does Jones imply with his ideas of moving to the country or moving to the sixth floor?

3. What is the focus of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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