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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. How does Stahr describe the people who are stuck in the worst damaged part of the area?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Youthful.
(d) Beautiful.

2. What is the girl's father's profession at the beginning of the book?
(a) Actor.
(b) Director.
(c) Producer.
(d) Writer.

3. Who is with Cecelia's father when she finds him at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Stahr.
(b) A homeless man.
(c) Business associates.
(d) The bartender.

4. What is Stahr's first name?
(a) Mervin.
(b) Martin.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Morgan.

5. What is the name of Stahr's first wife?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Mintsy.
(c) Minna.
(d) Minya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecelia realize shortly after moving back to Los Angeles?

2. Where does Stahr start out every day?

3. Who is in the worst damaged part of the area when Stahr got there?

4. How much time has Stahr set aside for a conference about a new movie?

5. How much money does Stahr think his next movie will make?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cecelia doing when the book begins?

2. What does Cecelia do while Stahr waits for the man he called for help after the strange event?

3. What does Cecelia realize shortly after returning to Los Angeles?

4. What is Cecelia celebrating after her flight lands in Los Angeles?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Boxley, and why does he want an urgent meeting with Stahr?

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

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