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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is apparently staying at the Waldorf as evidenced by the flag outside the building?
(a) The Queen of England.
(b) The Canadian prime minister.
(c) The Kaiser of Germany.
(d) The Siamese ambassador.

2. What is the name of Jimmy's aunt?
(a) Emily.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Anne.
(d) Rachelle.

3. What game does Maisie ask Jimmy if he knows how to play?
(a) Jacks.
(b) Five Hundred.
(c) Rummy.
(d) Go Fish.

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

5. What does Stan say he was born as?
(a) A nihilist.
(b) A pessimist.
(c) A capitalist.
(d) A dirty dog.

6. Where is Bud sitting when he reads the newspaper and the other men there are playing chess?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) The Seaman's Union.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Central Park.

7. What is Congo's favorite subject?
(a) France.
(b) Africa.
(c) Birds.
(d) Women.

8. Where does Hartly want to go for vacation?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Virginia Beach.
(c) Upstate New York.
(d) The Maine woods.

9. Who does Ruth Prynne say lives at Mrs. Sunderland's?
(a) The mob.
(b) The poorest people in New York.
(c) All the ham actors in the world.
(d) The best local artists.

10. What is the dress that Ellen's mother bought her at Hearn's made of?
(a) Gingham.
(b) Slubbed shantung.
(c) Black Watch plaid.
(d) Muslin.

11. Where does Stan want to go with Ellen after he wakes up wet in the bathtub?
(a) Home.
(b) The Brevoort.
(c) The fire.
(d) Muldoon's.

12. What does the burglar, Nicky Schatz, end up with when he gets home from the burglary?
(a) Ellen's earrings.
(b) A valuable brooch.
(c) A sack of gold coins.
(d) A roll of stage money.

13. What is the motto above the man's head in the King C. Gillette ad?
(a) Be the King!
(b) No cuts no guts.
(c) No stropping no honing.
(d) Sharp as a tack.

14. When Bud is on the Brooklyn Bridge, what does it sound like when a car goes by?
(a) A pile of piano wires.
(b) A room full of crickets.
(c) A bucket of nickels.
(d) A shaken banjo.

15. What turns Bill Ingersoll from an atheist to a Methodist?
(a) Seeing a ghost.
(b) Taking absinthe.
(c) A flash of lightning.
(d) Getting hit by a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morton signs the bill making New York what?

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

3. Where is the yellow-painted drugstore that the man at the end of Chapter 1 goes to?

4. What does Morris say that life is NOT when he is talking to Cassie?

5. What company is the lady on the white horse advertising?

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