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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Holly describe Sally Tomato to the newspaper?
(a) As a "liar and manipulator".
(b) As a "darling old man".
(c) As a "greasy and rude man".
(d) As a "sensitive and lonely old soul".

3. Where does the narrator find Holly's cat?
(a) Meowing outside Holly's old apartment.
(b) Seated in a window of a warm-looking room.
(c) Sleeping on the narrator's fire escape.
(d) Wandering around the alley where Holly left him.

4. What does the narrator do with the bird cage after he fights with Holly?
(a) The narrator throws it into a dumpster.
(b) The narrator returns it to the store.
(c) The narrator leaves it in front of Holly's door.
(d) The narrator throws it from his window.

5. How does the narrator describe the man he sees examining Holly's mailbox?
(a) A person in his forties with tan skin and wearing a cheap suit.
(b) A person in his early fifties with a hard, weathered face.
(c) A person in his late fifties with slick hair and a proud stance.
(d) A person in his early thirties with a limp.

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

7. How does the narrator describe Holly's appearance upon her return from Key West?
(a) Refreshed and sun-kissed.
(b) Fried hair with white highlights.
(c) Blistered and rouge with haystack hair.
(d) Iodine-colored skin and ghost-colored hair.

8. What does Holly give O.J. Berman in March?
(a) Permission to line up auditions for her.
(b) The narrator`s number.
(c) Her key.
(d) The narrator's story.

9. What conclusion does the narrator come to about Holly while he is angry at her?
(a) Holly is "an utter fake".
(b) Holly is "a harpy."
(c) Holly is "a raving banshee."
(d) Holly is "a snake."

10. According to Holly, how many lovers has she had?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Ten.

11. How did Holly's parents die?
(a) Holly's parents died in a house fire.
(b) Holly's parents died of influenza.
(c) Holly's parents died of tuberculosis.
(d) Holly's parents died in a car accident.

12. What does the man who follows the narrator want?
(a) A friend.
(b) Information.
(c) Money.
(d) A place to stay.

13. According to Holly's husband, what causes Holly to leave?
(a) "A confused soul".
(b) "Boredom."
(c) "A desire for a challenge".
(d) "Reading dreams".

14. Where is Holly from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

15. Why do the narrator and Holly begin to see less of each other?
(a) Holly gets a job.
(b) The narrator is too busy writing.
(c) The narrator and Holly get into a fight.
(d) The narrator gets a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holly's real name?

2. How much money does O'Shaughnessy give Holly as a wedding present?

3. What scandal does Holly become associated with?

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

5. What does Holly instruct the narrator to do after she is arrested?

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