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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Script, pages 50-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Bob make to Rosie?
(a) Bob agrees to schedule a screen test for her.
(b) Bob agrees to read her feature screenplay.
(c) Bob agrees to introduce her to a powerful music executive.
(d) Bob agrees to never visit Cottonwood Ranch again.

2. William Tallis died from ___________.
(a) A botched surgery.
(b) A hit-and-run car accident.
(c) Cancer of the throat.
(d) A heart attack.

3. Who leads the team of gravediggers at the Southern California mausoleum?
(a) Dr. Poole.
(b) Boss Man.
(c) The Rat King.
(d) Chief.

4. What is the youngest gravedigger tempted by, which he must resist?
(a) His leader's bacon sandwich.
(b) The large emerald ring of a corpse.
(c) The fine clothes of a corpse.
(d) A plump girl beside him.

5. What does Mrs. Coulton believe about how the narrator and William Tallis might have gotten along?
(a) They would have been indifferent to one another.
(b) They would not have liked one another.
(c) Their political differences would have proved too much for even a casual acquaintance.
(d) They would have gotten along splendidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins on what important day?

2. The lobby of the Cocktail Bar is filled with which group of people?

3. Which is NOT part of the ceremony held to safeguard against having deformed babies?

4. On which deity do the primitives blame their problems?

5. Why was Dr. Poole buried up to his waist by the gravediggers?

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