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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paul Renoir's occupation?
(a) He is a singer.
(b) He is a violinist.
(c) He is a director.
(d) He is an opera director.

2. How does Hank respond to the statement of conditions?
(a) Indifferently.
(b) Excitedly.
(c) Happily.
(d) Angirly.

3. How does Hank feel about writing?
(a) It always feels like work.
(b) It's his life.
(c) It never feels like work.
(d) It's his escape.

4. What does Francois Racine do for a living?
(a) He's a French actor.
(b) He's a French musician.
(c) He's a French writer.
(d) He's a French producer.

5. Friedman insists he has no ____________.
(a) Control.
(b) Power.
(c) Money.
(d) Motivation.

6. What does Francois think his neighbors are going to steal?
(a) His mail.
(b) His rocking chair.
(c) His chickens.
(d) His fruits from his garden.

7. What does Jon refuse from Hank?
(a) A dinner invitation.
(b) His offer to pay for his debt.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) His offer to refund his money.

8. Which was not described as artificial about the set of the film about Christ's transformation?
(a) Characters.
(b) Sets and characters.
(c) Plot.
(d) Sets.

9. To what type of community do Hank and Sarah go to see a film about Christ's transformation?
(a) A wealth one.
(b) A young one.
(c) A down and out one.
(d) An old one.

10. What type of writing style does the narrative shift to at the end of Part 2?
(a) Screenplay format.
(b) Journal format.
(c) Poetry format.
(d) Rhyming format.

11. Where does Jon move to while Francois leaves?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A hotel.
(c) Hank and Sarah's.
(d) His parents' house.

12. "Hollywood: A Novel by Charles Bukowski" is a memoir of _____________.
(a) "Barfly."
(b) "Bafly."
(c) "Barely."
(d) "Barly."

13. How does Sarah feel in the bar in Part 3?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Content.

14. Who once owned the house that Hank and Sarah go look at in Part 3?
(a) Charles Manson.
(b) Charles Mason.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Marilyn Manson.

15. What do Hank and Sarah do at the end of Part 3?
(a) Go to dinner.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Drink til the sun rises.
(d) Drink til the sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Hank at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is interested in playing the character "Jim Beam"?

3. What does Hank see in the party guests at Jon's celebratory party?

4. Pinchot takes Sarah and Hank to the ___________.

5. How do people perceive Francois, according to Hank?

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