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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Sherman going to be arrested?
(a) The end of the week
(b) That evening
(c) The next morning
(d) Immediately

2. What makes Larry Kramer intensely nervous on his second date with Shelly Thomas?
(a) His old underwear
(b) Her low-cut shirt
(c) The bill
(d) The McCoy case

3. What ethnicity are the two lawyers that Maria Ruskin has hired?
(a) WASP
(b) Italian
(c) Jewish
(d) Irish

4. What culturally insensitive term does the mayor's assistant use to describe a common event on his calendar?
(a) Yids and their kids
(b) Plaques for blacks
(c) Yellow fever
(d) Black Irish coffee

5. Who else is at the Ruskin funeral besides Sherman and Maria?
(a) Larry Kramer
(b) Reverend Bacon
(c) Abe Weiss
(d) Peter Fallow

6. Where is Sherman McCoy accosted by a group of reporters in Chapter 23?
(a) Outside Maria's building
(b) At his local deli
(c) Outside Pierce and Pierce
(d) The bus stop

7. What were Henry and Roland doing when Henry was hit by the Mercedes, according to Roland?
(a) Waiting to cross the street
(b) Listening to some music on the sidewalk
(c) Helping the driver move a tire
(d) Running from a group of guys

8. How will Sherman get proof that Maria was driving the Mercedes when Henry Lamb was hit, according to Quigley's plan?
(a) Sherman will threaten to reveal their affair
(b) Sherman will offer to pay her
(c) Sherman will wear a wire
(d) Sherman will drug her

9. Who is the only person that calls Sherman with condolences who is not in his family?
(a) Rawlie Thorpe
(b) Maria Ruskin
(c) Oscar Suder
(d) Peter Fallow

10. On what day of the week does Chapter 19 take place?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Friday

11. What is the outcome of the legal firestorm for Abe Weiss?
(a) He has been elected Mayor
(b) He was re-elected
(c) He is out of a job
(d) He has formed an exploratory committee for a Senate seat

12. What is the status of Henry Lamb at the end of the novel?
(a) He is still in a coma
(b) He is back at school
(c) He has died
(d) He is living in a group home

13. What drug is Roland Auburn best known for selling in the Bronx?
(a) Crack
(b) PCP
(c) Marijuana
(d) Heroin

14. Which two characters are meeting at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Kramer and Weiss
(b) Kramer and Killian
(c) Bernie and Killian
(d) Weiss and Bernie

15. Where does Abe Weiss want to arrest Sherman McCoy?
(a) The Metropolitan Opera
(b) Pierce and Pierce
(c) Tommy Killian's office
(d) His condo

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommy Killian warn Sherman will likely happen in court the next day?

2. Why did Roland not come forward earlier with the information?

3. Who is the first person that Sherman admits his upcoming arrest to?

4. Why does Maria lash out at Sherman at the end of their meeting?

5. In what periodical is Weiss looking at Sherman McCoy's picture during this meeting?

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