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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mrs. McNeil skeptical that George Baldwin is a lawyer?
(a) He walked to her house.
(b) She thinks she knows him form a bar.
(c) He is dressed like a longshoreman.
(d) He looks too young.

2. What is Goldweiser's sister's name?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Anna.
(c) Stella.
(d) Louanne.

3. What does Stan wish he was?
(a) An artist.
(b) A success.
(c) A thunder cloud.
(d) A skyscraper.

4. Jimmy Herf thinks reporters are what?
(a) Important.
(b) Parasites.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Respectable.

5. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?
(a) Ellen and her kind.
(b) A lady on a white horse.
(c) The goddess of pain.
(d) The golden boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Stan to say "To hell with it" when he gets to his apartment?

2. What sort of car does the young man with black eyes and a straw hat have as he waits for the bus?

3. How does Ellen's mother think that she and her father feel about her?

4. Who does Mrs. Sunderland think Jimmy is when he visits Ruth Prynne?

5. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?

(see the answer key)

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