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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Skyscraper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Ellen walks along Eighth Street to Dick Snow's office, what song does she hear a grind organ playing?
(a) Blue Danube.
(b) The Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Tarantella.
(d) Yankee Doodle.

2. Who does Mrs. Sunderland think Jimmy is when he visits Ruth Prynne?
(a) The rent collector.
(b) A stalker.
(c) Her father.
(d) The police.

3. What color hair does Elaine Oglethorpe have?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Copper red.
(c) Jet black.
(d) Platinum blonde.

4. Where does Jimmy tell Tony to go when he questions his sexuality?
(a) To the country.
(b) To San Francisco.
(c) To a psychoanalyst.
(d) To Crete.

5. Jimmy's mother tells him not to eat his ice cream too fast or he will get what?
(a) A cold.
(b) Brain freeze.
(c) The collywobbles.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy Herf say about reading the paper in New York?

2. 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?

3. What is Gus McNeil's wife's name?

4. What part of his car is Stan having fixed as Jimmy stands waiting in the door of the reeking garage?

5. Who is George Baldwin's wife?

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