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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 93 - 132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Howard Hughes used to share with his mother?
(a) A love of reading.
(b) A fear of water.
(c) A mania for cleaning.
(d) A love of hamburgers.

2. Which company owned all of Hughes's real estate?
(a) Mission Stated.
(b) February Summer.
(c) Summa Corporation.
(d) Sky Holdings.

3. Why does Lazarus go to the grocery store to begin with the day he sees J.C. there?
(a) He needed ice cream.
(b) He needed clean drinking water.
(c) He ran out of Tums.
(d) He needed cheese.

4. What is Ed's wife doing when Ed gets back to the hotel?
(a) Having a drink with friends.
(b) Watching a movie.
(c) Taking a bath.
(d) Writing notes.

5. What does Gloria Brown do for a living?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a fortune teller.
(c) She is an undertaker.
(d) She is a pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"?

2. Where does Randall volunteer in the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises?

3. What does the man in the river tell Mandy he will do for her when they hear the dogs barking and the men coming through the woods?

4. Where was Howard Hughes buying casinos in the 1960s?

5. What does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?

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