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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 was Harry's dream?
(a) Buy a Starbucks franchise
(b) Marry a wealthy widow
(c) Start his own church
(d) Make it big in Hollywood

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

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

4. What does Harry want Homer to do?
(a) Call an ambulance
(b) Open a window
(c) Get Faye who is waiting in the car
(d) Get him a glass of water

5. What type of architecture is the norm in California?
(a) Tudor
(b) Spanish
(c) Split-level
(d) Ranch

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod want to do with the people he meets?

2. What is it about Claude's appearance that gives away his profession?

3. What is Tod's impression of Mrs. Jenning?

4. How does Harry supplement his income?

5. Whose party is Tod going to tonight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances of Abe's being injured at Homer's house?

2. Explain how Faye is getting in over her head with all her suitors?

3. Why does Tod begin spending so much time at the Greeners' apartment?

4. Why is the cock fight party at his house a turning point for Homer?

5. How does Faye charm the men when the cock fight is over?

6. How does the author begin the story with interest so that the setting and time period are different from what is originally thought?

7. How does Tod's new friendship with Abe foreshadow what will come for Tod?

8. What happens when Tod and Claude arrive at Mrs. Jenning's?

9. Explain how the cock fight in Homer's garage is a scene of foreshadowing.

10. What are Faye's plans now that Harry is dead?

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