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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joel feel when he hears the singing at Miles' tea?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

2. What is the name of the character Joel plays during the skit?
(a) Michael Arlen.
(b) Brian Holcomb.
(c) Alex Shephard.
(d) Dave Silverstein.

3. Nat cheers Joel up with a story about a man by what name?
(a) Bill Kaughman.
(b) Tom Miller.
(c) Joe Squires.
(d) Ralph Adams.

4. How many children do Stella and Miles have?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. How much money does Nat tell Joel he loses recently?
(a) Forty thousand dollars.
(b) Twenty-five thousand dollars.
(c) Ten thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred thousand dollars.

6. At what point during the tea does Joel decide to perform his skit?
(a) As guests arrive.
(b) During dinner.
(c) Before the singer performs.
(d) As people are leaving.

7. In the story Nat tells Joel, what time is it when a man calls the Great Lover on the telephone?
(a) Eight o'clock.
(b) Eleven thirty.
(c) One o'clock.
(d) Three o'clock.

8. What color are Joel's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

9. What does Joel receive an invitation to two days after the tea?
(a) A golf match.
(b) A movie premiere.
(c) A buffet supper.
(d) A dance.

10. Who laughs during Joel's skit?
(a) Nat.
(b) Stella.
(c) No one.
(d) Miles.

11. What is Stella's maiden name?
(a) Walker.
(b) Kotter.
(c) Turner.
(d) Hoover.

12. Who is the only person who thinks Joel's skit is a success?
(a) Nat.
(b) Stella.
(c) Joel.
(d) Miles.

13. Women sitting at a table next to Joel and Nat in Part Two are described as having faces stained with what color?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

14. Who does Joel wish he can just sit and talk to like a person?
(a) Greta Garbo.
(b) Nat.
(c) Stella.
(d) Miles.

15. Who asks, "What do you mean you're in permanent retirement"?
(a) Miles.
(b) Stella.
(c) Joel.
(d) Nat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Joel need filled in the skit at the tea?

2. What does Joel promise himself he does not do at Miles' house?

3. How many writers are invited to the first event at Miles' house?

4. Where does Joel first decide he wants to have lunch the day after the tea?

5. Who does Joel ask to help him with the skit at the tea?

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