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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 is Cecelia's father talking about when she finds him after her flight?
(a) A recent decision Stahr has made.
(b) A plot for a new movie.
(c) His divorce and estate.
(d) Travel plans for the holiday.

2. Where does Cecelia go after her flight?
(a) A movie set.
(b) The studio lot.
(c) Her father's house.
(d) Stahr's office.

3. How much time has Stahr set aside for a conference about a new movie?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. What does Stahr say when he hears about the attempted suicide in Chapter 3?
(a) He is too busy to be concerned with it.
(b) He is not surprised.
(c) She is shocked and upset.
(d) He wants to know more about it.

5. Who wants to bring a group to the studio lot after Stahr hears about the attempted suicide?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) The company owner.
(c) The governor.
(d) Cecelia's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the second man who talks to the girl and the person who checks on her at the beginning of the book?

3. What is the occupation of the person who is called to repair what was broken as Cecelia and her father are about to head home?

4. Why does a supervisor have to be demoted?

5. What is Cecelia celebrating after her flight lands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an actor come to talk to Stahr about after his meeting with Boxley, and what is Stahr's response?

2. Who is the mysterious passenger on the plane, and what does he do when he is recognized?

3. What kind of damage is caused by the strange event in Chapter 2?

4. What is Stahr's reaction to the people trapped in the backlot, and what causes this reaction?

5. What happened the night before Chapter 3 starts?

6. How is Cecelia introduced at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Wylie suggest they all do during the unexpected stop at the beginning of the book?

8. What do some censors complain about in Chapter 3?

9. What strange event happens as Cecelia is about to take her father home in Chapter 2?

10. How does Stahr run his conference about the new movie he is starting?

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