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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joel receive an invitation to two days after the tea?

2. What does Joel do with his breakfast the morning after the tea?

3. Nat cheers Joel up with a story about a man by what name?

4. How old is Joel?

5. Who says, "Everybody watches for everybody else's blunders, or tries to make sure they're with people that'll do them credit"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Stella kiss Joel?

3. How does Stella come to realize Miles still loves her?

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

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

6. What does Nat say is ironic about his financial situation?

7. What does Joel start to feel about Stella when he has a moment alone, after Stella receives a telegram from Miles?

8. Why do not Joel and Stella go to the nightclub after the show?

9. Why is Joel mortified the morning after the first Sunday he spends at the Calman house?

10. How does Joel come to realize he is in love with Stella?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Joel and Miles. What traits do they have in common? How do they differ? How does the author use Miles to help the reader learn more about Joel?

Essay Topic 2

How is Hollywood treated in the story? What does working and living in Hollywood seem to do to people? How is the story different if it is set somewhere else.

Essay Topic 3

Why is it important that Joel feels a sense of obligation to Miles? What does it say about Joel? What does it say about Miles? How does Joel try to undermine that sense of obligation?

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