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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 Miles do for a living?
(a) Writer.
(b) Director.
(c) Producer.
(d) Actor.

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

3. Who says, "Everybody watches for everybody else's blunders, or tries to make sure they're with people that'll do them credit"?
(a) Stella.
(b) Joel.
(c) Miles.
(d) Nat.

4. Who is the man who performed a song at the tea?
(a) A famous radio entertainer.
(b) A struggling songwriter.
(c) A comedian.
(d) A friend of Joel's.

5. Where does Joel first meet Stella?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) San Fransisco.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the character Joel plays during the skit?

2. What does Joel have for breakfast the morning after the tea?

3. Joel is working on a movie based on a play by what author?

4. How is Stella's face described in Part One?

5. In the story Nat tells Joel, why does the Great Lover become angry with the man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joel come to realize that he fails to impress the crowd with his skit?

2. How does Nat attempt to make Joel feel better the day after the tea at the Calman house?

3. What is Joel's skit about?

4. Why does Joel think his career must be moving in the right direction?

5. Why does Joel begin to feel less obligated to Miles?

6. What reason does Stella give for why Miles is not attending the dinner and theater party?

7. What three things happen at once at the end of Part Four?

8. Why does Joel decide to put on a skit at the Calman house?

9. Why does Stella become dismayed when a telegram delivery boy comes to her door?

10. Why does Joel become overcome with bitterness at the end of the story?

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