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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. How does Jose get into Holly's apartment?
(a) Holly opens the door.
(b) By unscrewing the hinges of the door.
(c) With a key.
(d) Jose climbs through the window.

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

3. What does Holly's husband comment on when he first sees Holly?
(a) Holly's weight.
(b) Holly's hair.
(c) New York.
(d) Holly's dress and shoes.

4. What news of the Trawlers does the narrator wish to tell Holly?
(a) The Trawlers are divorcing.
(b) Mag cheated on Rusty.
(c) The Trawlers have a child.
(d) Rusty cheated on Mag.

5. What does Holly ask the narrator to pick up from her apartment to take with her?
(a) Her lucky penny.
(b) The St. Christopher medal.
(c) Her favorite pair of shoes.
(d) Her photographs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of furniture is added to Holly's apartment in March?

2. Who does the narrator see run into a library?

3. What is the petition that Madame Spanella circulates fighting for?

4. Where does Holly plan to go after being released on bail?

5. What information does Holly ask the narrator to obtain from The Times?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the narrator call to get bail for Holly?

2. What does the narrator give Holly for Christmas?

3. Where do Holly and Jose go while Rusty and Mag are in the hospital, and how do the patients react?

4. How has the narrator's and Holly's relationship matured?

5. How does Joe Bell react to Holly leaving?

6. What news does the narrator learn on the subway and how does he react?

7. How does Holly react to the narrator calling her "Lulamae"?

8. What commotion does the narrator come home to after his job interview in Brooklyn?

9. Who moves into Holly's old apartment?

10. What happens while Holly and the narrator go horseback riding in the park?

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