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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Inez Cross Chasten tell Howard Hughes when he tells her everyone has their price?
(a) He is a liar.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) She will accept his offer.
(d) He does not have that much money.

2. Who does the music star's accent make Ed Phelps think of?
(a) The Green Hens.
(b) The Deftones.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) The Nimrids.

3. When did Inez Cross Pickett die?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1955.

4. How does the narrator's mother react when he tells her he is going to pursue a career in the culinary arts, in The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?
(a) She is apparently relieved.
(b) She is suspicious.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is indifferent.

5. What does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?
(a) Goes home to Alabama.
(b) Stays for the star's performance.
(c) Goes to meet his daughter for dinner.
(d) Goes to meet his brother to go to a Broadway show.

6. What does the music star call Ed, to Ed's surprise?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Henchman.
(d) Deacon.

7. What do most people called Lazarus?
(a) Ben.
(b) Russel.
(c) Lazo.
(d) Rus.

8. Who fixes Cicero's car for him?
(a) Frank Finnow.
(b) Ben Huxton.
(c) John Henley.
(d) Tony Carter.

9. What is one way Lazarus finds out that J.C. is having an affair with his wife?
(a) His best friend tells him about the affair.
(b) His wife tells him about the affair.
(c) His own children tell him about the affair.
(d) J.C. calls the house blatantly.

10. Who is assigned to make the deal to buy the hotel for Howard Hughes?
(a) Noah Dietrich.
(b) Henry Hallows.
(c) Inez Cross Pickett.
(d) Michael Raye.

11. About how much money was Howard Hughes making in 1966?
(a) $50 to $60 million per year.
(b) $100 million per year.
(c) $1 million per year.
(d) $30 million per year.

12. Where is Cicero's and Jacson's vast house?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The North Shore of Maryland.

13. Why did Howard Hughes come to Tim's Creek, according to the narrator's mother?
(a) To try to find out what happened to her brother.
(b) To ask her to cook for him.
(c) To apologize for firing her mother.
(d) To explain a lawsuit to her.

14. Where was Inez Cross Pickett born?
(a) California.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Mexico.
(d) North Carolina.

15. What does Inez Cross Chasten tell Howard Hughes her husband does for a living?
(a) He is a mechanic.
(b) He is a landscaper.
(c) He is a chef.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dish did Howard Hughes Senior particularly like?

2. Who flanks the music star into the building amid the cheering crowd, which Ed witnesses?

3. What does Lazarus do in his early thirties after leaving the Merchant Marines?

4. Who owned the motel Howard Hughes bought in 1966?

5. Where does Lazarus have his altercation with J.C. Stokes?

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