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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Nine Day's Wonder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jimmy Herf graduate from college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Harvard.
(d) NYU.

2. When Jimmy is returning from his sea voyage, what does the man say that the yellow flagged boat is?
(a) The orphanage boat.
(b) The deportation boat.
(c) The prison boat.
(d) The quarrantine boat.

3. What did Bud's father do to him when he was a kid?
(a) Revered him.
(b) Locked him in the closet.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Sold him into slavery.

4. What does Ed's drinking buddy do for a living?
(a) He is a printer.
(b) He owns a restaurant.
(c) He works at the New York Times.
(d) He drives a cab.

5. What color is Jimmy Herf's wallpaper?
(a) Cold as ice blue.
(b) The pink of the evening sky.
(c) The ochre yellow of stale beer.
(d) The dead green of Poland Water bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song is Ed Thatcher trying to pick out on the piano?

2. Who is apparently staying at the Waldorf as evidenced by the flag outside the building?

3. Why does Stan want to go to Mouquin's in the morning?

4. When the girl with the forget-me-nots in her hat chases Emile down the street, he kisses her and she calls him what name?

5. What brand of clock does Jimmy have that he looks at when he wakes up after eating chocolates?

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