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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morris call Cassie when she talks about getting a bit part in Goldweiser's next show?
(a) A golddigger.
(b) Crass.
(c) Upstage.
(d) A harlot.

2. What does the lady with the pink cameo actually give Bud for moving the coal?
(a) A kick in the shins.
(b) A quarter and some stale food.
(c) A basket of eggs and a nickel.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Stan say when Ellen says he's sober at least when he shows up in her dressing room?
(a) "Sober as a penguin."
(b) "Sober as a judge."
(c) "I've got the DT's."
(d) "You insult me."

4. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?
(a) Another boat is approaching too fast.
(b) Someone has jumped off the bridge.
(c) The tug is on fire.
(d) The wind has changed direction.

5. What is the boy Slats really good at?
(a) Hustling old ladies.
(b) Running from the police.
(c) Telling the future.
(d) Crapshooting.

6. What does Stan wish would happen to his college before he gets back?
(a) That it would burn down.
(b) That it would fall into the ocean.
(c) That it would be bought by his father.
(d) That they would graduate him before he completes his studies.

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

8. What competing lawyer comments to George Baldwin on his railroad case?
(a) John Dugan.
(b) Mr. Whitecastle.
(c) Mr. Emery.
(d) Ed Thatcher.

9. What does Joe Harland tell Joe O'Keefe not to buy any more of?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Blue Peter Mines.
(c) Brooklyn Bridges.
(d) Pork bellies.

10. Where is Stan stashed while he sobers up?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) In the prop closet.
(c) Under the stairs.
(d) Under Ellen's dressing table.

11. How does Cassandra Wilkins speak when she meets Jimmy?
(a) With a lisp.
(b) She mumbles.
(c) In a haughty English accent.
(d) In French.

12. What does Ellen say to Harry Goldweiser about being an emotional actress?
(a) It's frivolous.
(b) It's all false.
(c) She loves it.
(d) It's liberating.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Emile she will never put herself in a man's power again?

2. What is Jimmy called by his friends when he throws them out of his room for making him fight?

3. What beat is Jimmy on when he goes to visit Ruth?

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

5. What does Ellen call her friend Alice when she won't go down an obscure little path with her in the park?

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