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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claude offer Tod?
(a) A job
(b) A place to live
(c) A canape
(d) A drink

2. What is especially unusual about the two bedrooms?
(a) They are painted red
(b) They have no windows
(c) The walls are carpeted
(d) They are exactly alike

3. What is a sporting house?
(a) A cock fight arena
(b) A brothel
(c) A gambling den
(d) A poker house

4. Where did Tod go to college?
(a) Yale
(b) Princeton
(c) Smith
(d) Harvard

5. Where does Claude take Tod after the party?
(a) The movie studio
(b) Audrey Jenning's house
(c) A poker game
(d) A cock fight

6. Why does Homer buy a cottage?
(a) He really liked the architecture
(b) He didn't need much space
(c) He was tired and the real estate agent was a bully
(d) It was the right location

7. What does Harry ask Homer?
(a) Where he buys his clothes
(b) If he wants to buy copper polish
(c) If Homer would take in boarders
(d) If he wants to go to the movies

8. What is Tod's view of the world?
(a) Naive
(b) Bitter
(c) Realistic
(d) Romantic

9. Where did Homer work before he came to California?
(a) A factory
(b) A school
(c) A power plant
(d) A hotel

10. Who is Mary Dove?
(a) A friend of Faye's
(b) A waitress
(c) An usher at a theater
(d) A nurse

11. What is the scene in one of the bedroom paintings?
(a) The Badlands
(b) A lighthouse in Maine
(c) A snowy Connecticut farmhouse
(d) A Texas prairie

12. What is Tod watching as the story begins?
(a) Marines and sailors
(b) Cavalrymen and infantrymen
(c) A Broadway play
(d) Cowboys and Indians

13. What is the answer to #27 wearing in the picture?
(a) A football shirt
(b) A suit
(c) A wedding dress
(d) A harem costume

14. What disease did Homer get?
(a) Cancer
(b) Diabetes
(c) Mesothelioma
(d) Pneumonia

15. What does Homer do for Harry and Faye?
(a) Buys them a new car
(b) Loans them some money
(c) Fixes lunch for them
(d) Takes them out to dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of architecture is the norm in California?

2. What happens in the days after Harry and Faye meet Homer?

3. What color is the building?

4. Where does Mrs. Jenning take Claude and Tod?

5. How long doe Homer sleep?

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