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

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

3. How often does Jose go to Washington?
(a) Four days a week.
(b) Five days a week.
(c) Three days a week.
(d) Two days a week.

4. Why is the narrator unable to get through to O.J.Berman the first time he calls him?
(a) O.J. is having a massage.
(b) O.J. doesn't want to talk to the narrator.
(c) O.J. is napping.
(d) O.J. is busy with a client.

5. How does Holly know that someone from her past has come to see her?
(a) She receives a letter informing her of a visit.
(b) She feels it in her gut.
(c) The narrator calls her by her real name.
(d) She overhears someone say that someone from the South had come to visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scandal does Holly become associated with?

2. What happened to Fred after Holly left home?

3. What does the man who follows the narrator want?

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

5. Who from her past does Holly think has come to visit her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator give Holly for Christmas?

2. Who moves into Holly's old apartment?

3. Why does the narrator wish to see the reunion between Doc and Holly?

4. Why does Holly go to the library?

5. Where does the narrator find the cat?

6. How does the narrator feel about Holly's relationship with Jose?

7. What happens to Rusty and Mag during the Key West trip?

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

9. Why is the narrator suffering from the "mean reds" during his ride on the subway?

10. How is Holly arrested?

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