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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arturo's newly published story will be entitled:
(a) The Long Lost Hills
(b) The Lost, Lonely Desert
(c) Long Live Bunker Hill
(d) The Last Italian in Los Angeles

2. Arturo vacillates between:
(a) Hunger and satiety
(b) Feeling sorry for himself, and praising himself
(c) Being tired and being wide awake
(d) Being a writer or a salesman

3. What is Vera's primary problem?
(a) She is unpleasant looking
(b) She is lonely
(c) She is overly confident
(d) She has sexual problems

4. What does Arturo think about the sailors?
(a) That they are young and foolish
(b) That they live dangerous lives
(c) That even they have what he cannot have
(d) That they drink far too much

5. Arturo's writer's block is so strong that he:
(a) Converses with the mouse about an idea
(b) Prays to St. Theresa for an idea
(c) Writes his mother asking for an idea
(d) Curses himself and gives up

Short Answer Questions

1. What refreshment does Vera bring to Arturo?

2. Arturo Bandini grew up in:

3. When Arturo gives a prostitute eight dollars, he feels:

4. In Los Angeles, Arturo is:

5. Camilla's new shoes are:

(see the answer key)

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