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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 does Mrs. Jenning call her customers?

2. What does Tod take to get home?

3. What does Tod think it would be like to fall on Faye?

4. Who are the subjects for Tod's most recent painting?

5. Why does Homer buy a cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Harry Greener?

2. How does Homer's life change after meeting Faye?

3. Describe the lonely life that Homer now has in California.

4. How does Tod prepare to speak to Faye one more time about working at Mrs. Jenning's?

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

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

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

8. How does Homer meet Faye?

9. How confident is Tod that he can get Faye to fall in love with him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Faye's goals in life? Are they realistic? Why does Tod not figure into Faye's plans? Why does she attach herself to characters like Homer and Earle despite the fact that they cannot advance her goals?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Harry Greener. What is his past life like? What brought him to Hollywood? What are his physical characteristics? Is he resourceful or pathetic with his silver business?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Tod is so persistent in his pursuit of Faye even though she has told him she cannot love him. Is Tod obtuse? Is he a hopeless romantic? Or does he simply think he will wear down Faye's resistance with his persistence?

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