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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tod go the next morning in spite of a huge hangover?
(a) The studio
(b) Claude's house
(c) Mrs. Jenning's house
(d) Homer's house

2. What does Tod decide he must do?
(a) Send Faye a letter
(b) Put Faye out of his mind
(c) Find Faye's movie set and talk to her
(d) Paint Faye's portrait

3. What is revealed at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Faye is dead
(b) Homer is dead
(c) Tod is dead
(d) Harry is dead

4. How does Harry punctuate his speech?
(a) Clears his throat
(b) Short bursts of laughter
(c) Coughs and groans
(d) Yawns

5. What does Tod think when he sees Faye?
(a) She is drained from mourning
(b) She is about to faint from grief
(c) She has never looked more beautiful
(d) She should marry him

6. Why does Tod cringe when he sees Faye in her black dress and hat?
(a) Her dress is inappropriate for a funeral
(b) There are tear stains on her collar
(c) He knows what she did to earn the money to pay for it
(d) He does not think she looks good in black

7. What does Tod want to do before Harry's funeral?
(a) Try Harry's silver polish
(b) Read Harry's will
(c) Talk to Faye
(d) Get a new suit

8. What has Faye decided to do with her life now?
(a) Sell silver polish
(b) Go to college
(c) Start a vaudeville act
(d) Work in Mrs. Jenning's brothel

9. What is Faye doing when Tod goes to the apartment?
(a) Talking on the phone
(b) Drinking coffee
(c) Sobbing in her pillow
(d) Crying into a bath towel

10. Who did Faye go with?
(a) Claude
(b) Homer
(c) Earle
(d) Abe

11. What does Tod think when he sees Harry in his coffin?
(a) Harry was too young to die
(b) Harry looks like he belongs in a minstrel show
(c) Harry cannot believe the orange suit Harry is wearing
(d) Harry had lost a lot of weight

12. Who is waiting for Tod when he returns to his office?
(a) Claude
(b) Faye
(c) Homer
(d) Abe

13. What does Tod think about Harry's mannerisms?
(a) He is unaware of what he is doing
(b) They must have developed on the stage
(c) He cannot help how he behaves
(d) He is trying to get Tod to feel sorry for him

14. Where does Earle come from?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Texas
(c) Oklahoma
(d) Arizona

15. What does Tod think about Faye?
(a) She is compassionate
(b) She is an inspiration
(c) She is brilliant
(d) She is shallow and self-involved

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Faye cut Tod off?

2. How does Homer feels about the situation in his house?

3. What is the living arrangement at Homer's now?

4. What does Tod see when he finds the Waterloo set?

5. What does Faye do with a champagne cocktail?

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