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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. Arturo thinks Hackmuth is brilliant because:
(a) He owns a magazine
(b) He is famous
(c) He is a brilliant correspondent
(d) He has recognized Arturo's talent

2. What is Arturo's ultimate humiliation in this chapter?
(a) Camilla's nudity
(b) He almost drowns in the ocean
(c) He cries over not being able to save Camilla
(d) He becomes lost in the fog and darkness

3. Rather than just paying Arturo what he owes him, Hellfrick instead:
(a) Asks him for more money
(b) Steals milk for Arturo from his friend
(c) Arranges for Arturo to steal milk
(d) Provides him with alcohol

4. Hellfrick diverts the milkman's attention by:
(a) Lecturing him on communism
(b) Discussing his victories as a war hero
(c) Holding him up
(d) Bringing him in and offering him gin

5. Arturo expects the milk truck to arrive at:
(a) Four o'clock in the afternoon
(b) Seven o'clock in the morning
(c) Four o'clock in the morning
(d) Whenever Hellfrick notifies him

Short Answer Questions

1. The Alta Loma Hotel is in L.A's:

2. The waitress responds to Arturo's criticism of her shoes by telling him:

3. Arturo's more positive fantasies involve:

4. Except for one nickel, Arturo uses the small amount of money from Hellfrick to:

5. Arturo's writer's block is so strong that he:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arturo portray himself as such a patriotic American?

2. What role does the resident mouse in Arturo's room play in the story?

3. What does Arturo's interaction with Judy Palmer tell us about him?

4. With all the stimulus in Los Angeles, why do you suppose Arturo has writer's block?

5. What is the irony of Arturo's attitude toward Mexicans?

6. How is Arturo trying to appear to the waitress? What impression does he want to give her?

7. Mr. Hellfrick is an angry alcoholic who owes money to a very poor young man. Is he a bad person?

8. Why would a starving writer like Arturo Bandini choose to live in Los Angeles where he is even more anonymous, lonely and desperate?

9. How does Arturo reveal his true feelings toward Camilla in this chapter?

10. Discuss the possible reason that Arturo decided to become a writer, which is couched in this Chapter.

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