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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Holly and Jose go after Key West?
(a) Tampa.
(b) Havana.
(c) Miami.
(d) Rio.

2. What does the man who follows the narrator pull out of his wallet?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) An address.
(d) A letter.

3. According to Joe Bell, how many years could Holly go to jail for?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Five years.

4. What bad news does Holly hear that causes her to go into a rampage?
(a) Fred has died.
(b) Rusty has remarried.
(c) Jose is moving back to Brazil without her.
(d) Holly is dying.

5. What is the name of Holly's horse?
(a) Sally Tomato II.
(b) Jumping Jellybean.
(c) Molly Somightly.
(d) Mabel Minerva.

6. Who does the narrator see run into a library?
(a) Joe.
(b) Holly.
(c) Jose.
(d) Mag.

7. How does Holly describe Jose's penmanship?
(a) Unforgiving and stern.
(b) Neat and cold.
(c) Buttoned up and constipated.
(d) Sloppy and eligible.

8. Where has Holly been since the arrest?
(a) In her apartment.
(b) In jail.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In the hospital.

9. What movie brought Holly to tears?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) Wizard of Oz.
(c) Citizen Kane.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

10. What does Holly's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a horse doctor.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a sheriff.
(d) He is a fisherman.

11. What is the name of the tenant who takes over Holly's apartment?
(a) Beatrice Smith.
(b) Quaintance Smith.
(c) Horace Smith.
(d) Constance Smith.

12. What does Holly liken the "mean reds" to?
(a) A recurring nightmare.
(b) Trying on jewelry at Tiffany's that one can't afford.
(c) Getting lost in a crowd.
(d) Stealing turkey eggs and running through a brier patch.

13. How old does Holly look to the narrator after the arrest?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Forty.
(d) Sixty.

14. What is Mag positive of upon Holly and Jose's return to Key West?
(a) That Jose was in love with Holly.
(b) That Jose would return to Brazil soon.
(c) That Holly and Jose had slept together.
(d) That Holly was in love with Jose.

15. Why does the narrator not feel superior to Holly?
(a) They are completely different in every way.
(b) The narrator thinks Holly is beautiful.
(c) The narrator feels self-conscious around Holly.
(d) They want different things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel upon discovering who Rusty's bride is?

2. After Joe Bell throws flowers at Holly, what does he do?

3. What scandal does Holly become associated with?

4. How often does Jose go to Washington?

5. How does Holly describe Sally Tomato to the newspaper?

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