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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 does Henry's mother rip his face with?
(a) Her nails.
(b) Scissors.
(c) A broken bottle.
(d) A knife.

2. Where does Henry wake up the morning after the bar fight?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) A forest.
(c) A jail cell.
(d) A car.

3. What part of New York does Henry move to?
(a) Queens.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. What color is the cellar Henry works in?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

5. What is the name of Henry's old college friend?
(a) Timmy Hunter.
(b) Phil Upson.
(c) Cal Fisher.
(d) Jack Dawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gertrude's room full of?

2. What does Henry tell the interviewer is his real job?

3. What is the name of Laura's street?

4. Where does Henry promise to take Gertrude?

5. Where does Henry travel to at the beginning of Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's first two days in New York.

2. What is Henry's first job in New York?

3. What does Henry think of New York when he first arrives?

4. What is Willie's relationship with the three girls?

5. What does Carson Gentry make Henry understand about life in the fourth section?

6. How does Willie die in the fifth section?

7. What is Henry's opinion of New York?

8. Why does Henry decide it is time to go back to Los Angeles?

9. What is Henry's frame of mind when he arrives in New Orleans?

10. How does Martha upset Henry in the second section?

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