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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vera offer to do for Arturo when they become intimate?
(a) She offers to get them a drink
(b) She offers to sleep in the living room
(c) She offers to be Camilla
(d) She offers to drive him home

2. Finally admitting she is in love with Sammy, Camilla asks Arturo to:
(a) Review and critique Sammy's manuscripts
(b) Respect Sammy's wishes to be an author
(c) Write a story about their relationship
(d) Write a story about Sammy and his cowboy life

3. What seems to dampen Arturo's newly refreshed religious faith?
(a) Camilla knocks on his window
(b) His need for money is greater than his need for God
(c) His fear over the earthquake subsides
(d) He is determined to become famous

4. Sammy tells Arturo that:
(a) He is being too nice to Camilla
(b) Camilla is not a nice girl
(c) He had better be nice to Camilla
(d) Camilla is very nice to him

5. What does Arturo listen for on the Marines' broadcast?
(a) He tries to learn if the earthquake has destroyed LA
(b) He listens for news of traffic to LA
(c) He listens for Camilla's name as one of the deceased
(d) He tries to determine whether the quake has ended

6. Hellfrick helps Arturo:
(a) Decide not to drink alcohol
(b) Identify his moral boundaries
(c) Learn how to steal money for food
(d) Figure out his next novel

7. How does Arturo try to help Vera?
(a) He gives her drink after drink
(b) He tells her it will all be over soon
(c) He asks her to dance with him
(d) He shares about his own loneliness with her

8. Camilla's puppy, Willie, provides her with a sense of:
(a) Comfort and joy
(b) Agitation and restlessness
(c) Ways to stay busy
(d) A sense of purpose

9. With his novel published, Arturo's life has:
(a) Improved considerably
(b) Gone downhill
(c) Become less interesting
(d) Gotten lonelier

10. To ease his hurt feelings, Arturo pays to:
(a) Be driven around town
(b) See a cheap movie
(c) Eat meat with Hellfrick
(d) Dance with a blonde

11. Arturo's responds to Vera's disfigured skin by:
(a) Leaving the room
(b) Offering her another drink
(c) Telling her she is still lovely
(d) Advising her to get surgery

12. Arturo's next story will be based on:
(a) Hellfrick
(b) Vera
(c) Sammy
(d) Camilla

13. The escapee, Camilla, asks for money from Arturo through:
(a) Midnight phone calls
(b) Notes slipped under his door
(c) Telegrams using an alias
(d) Letters from various post offices

14. What has changed for Arturo emotionally in this chapter?
(a) He finds what he is looking for
(b) His desire and passion for Camilla has overtaken him
(c) Rejection no longer disturbs him
(d) He is no longer afraid to take chances

15. Arturo decides to be nicer to Sammy because he realizes:
(a) He and Sammy have been friends a long time
(b) Living is hard enough
(c) He will miss Sammy when he's gone
(d) Sammy has been nice to him

Short Answer Questions

1. Arturo calls Camilla a cheap imitation of:

2. Arturo tries to make a life for himself and Camilla by:

3. When Vera appears in Arturo's room for the first time, he momentarily wants to:

4. Arturo's initial response to Camilla's request is to:

5. Arturo discovers that Camilla has a:

(see the answer keys)

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