The Day of the Locust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Day of the Locust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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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 place to live
(b) A job
(c) A drink
(d) A canape

2. Who does Tod begin to keep company with?
(a) Faye's father
(b) Abe Kusich
(c) Claude Estee
(d) Mrs. Jenning

3. How does Harry supplement his income?
(a) Modeling
(b) Delivering newspapers
(c) Selling door-to-door
(d) Doing kids' parties

4. Why did Mrs. Jenning's change professions?
(a) Her voice did not work well for talking pictures
(b) Her legs hurt all the time
(c) She got married
(d) She got a different degree

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

6. What does Tod want to do with the people he meets?
(a) Take them to dinner
(b) Make friends
(c) Paint them
(d) Interview them

7. What does Homer drop in the woman's lap?
(a) A coat
(b) His wallet
(c) A towel
(d) A scarf

8. What does Tod think Abe is when he first sees him?
(a) A used car salesman
(b) A minister
(c) A pile of laundry
(d) A traveling salesman

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

10. What does Homer do when his loneliness overcomes him?
(a) Cries
(b) Watches TV
(c) Writes letters
(d) Goes to a movie

11. What does Tod do after work?
(a) Watches TV
(b) Reads
(c) Takes a nap
(d) Does his laundry

12. Whose accent and mannerisms does Tod mimic?
(a) A Civil War colonel
(b) A hillbilly
(c) A New England fisherman
(d) A British commander

13. Where is Tod viewing this scene?
(a) A Broadway stage
(b) A museum
(c) A Hollywood sound stage
(d) A school play

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

15. What does Homer have to do to control his hands when excited?
(a) Wear gloves
(b) Put them behind his back
(c) Put them under a table
(d) Sit on them

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faye's new boyfriend?

2. How does Harry Greener meet Homer?

3. Whose picture is tucked into the frame of Tod's mirror?

4. What is the name of the building where Tod lives/

5. What type of house does Claude Estee have?

(see the answer keys)

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