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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stood up, vague as a sleepwalker, that Ed Thatcher sees as he looks across the Narrows?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) The Chrysler building.
(c) The Statue of Liberty.
(d) The Ford factory.

2. What does Jimmy tell Stan that his cousin James Merivale is?
(a) The perfect wise virgin.
(b) A complete swine.
(c) A momma's boy.
(d) His best friend.

3. Where does Ellen stay when she leaves Jojo in Chapter 7?
(a) The Waldorf.
(b) The Plaza.
(c) The Hotel Brevoort.
(d) The Ansonia.

4. Where has Bud come from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Virginia Beach.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Upstate New York.

5. What does Morris say that life is NOT when he is talking to Cassie?
(a) A gas.
(b) All beer and sauerkraut.
(c) A place for the timid.
(d) A bowl of cherries.

6. Who shows up where Stan and Ellie are hiding out together?
(a) A detective.
(b) George.
(c) Jojo.
(d) A burglar.

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

8. Who helps Ellen deal with Stan when he shows up in her dressing room drunk?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Cassie.
(d) Milly.

9. What does Jimmy call his mother?
(a) Momma.
(b) Mother Dearest.
(c) Muddy.
(d) Mumu.

10. What is Emile's job in New York in "Metropolis"?
(a) Waiter.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Doorman.
(d) Tax collector.

11. Who does Ruth tell Jimmy threatened to shoot Elaine?
(a) George.
(b) Jojo.
(c) O'Keeffe.
(d) Goldwieser.

12. Captain McAvoy is in the pilothouse of which tugboat?
(a) Tonga.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Sentinel.
(d) Astoria.

13. What brand of clock does Jimmy have that he looks at when he wakes up after eating chocolates?
(a) Timex.
(b) Swiss.
(c) Aardvark.
(d) Ingersoll.

14. Who is George Baldwin's wife?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Maisie.
(d) Ellen.

15. What does the man's wife who shaves at the end of "Ferryslip" say of his clean face?
(a) "By the Living Jingo!"
(b) "Hot popper!"
(c) "Ovoy! Ovoy!"
(d) "You're the King C. Gillette!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stan reading as he is lying on Jimmy's bed?

2. What does Ed do for a living?

3. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?

4. What is the ship carrying that Schmidt will lose half his commission over if he doesn't get it off by the next day?

5. What happens when Ed and the person who takes him out for a drink part ways?

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