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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 is the name of the building where Tod lives/

2. What does Harry ask Homer?

3. Who does Tod like to see in the building?

4. How are the main sections of the house decorated?

5. Whose party is Tod going to tonight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Jenning run her sporting house?

2. Explain the symbolism of Faye's working on the movie, Waterloo.

3. How does Tod learn about a sporting house?

4. What is Tod's experience with Joan Schwartzen?

5. How does Faye react when she comes home to find Tod at the apartment even though Harry is asleep?

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

7. What were the circumstances of Homer Simpson's move to California?

8. How does Tod come to spend his evenings with Harry even if Faye is not home?

9. What has Tod learned in his relatively brief time in Hollywood?

10. Why is Tod so energized to be in Hollywood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the source of Homer's fearsome memories. Why is he afraid he will not awaken when he sleeps? What is the significance of Homer's hands' shaking and tingling?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mrs. Jenning. What does she look like? What was her past? How has she created a business that will sustain her? Does she seem comfortable with her new life?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the metaphor of the piles of movie set debris Tod encounters while looking for Faye.

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