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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Stan to say "To hell with it" when he gets to his apartment?
(a) The cash in his pocket.
(b) Pearline's smell.
(c) Ellen's absence.
(d) The empty refirgerator.

2. Who is the only friend Harland has in the family?
(a) Jimmy's Aunt Emily.
(b) Jimmy's mother, Lily.
(c) His son.
(d) His favorite grandmother.

3. Mr. Snow says actors and actresses are put on the market like what?
(a) Forged art.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Milk cows.
(d) Patent medicines.

4. How does Congo lose his leg?
(a) In a circular saw accident in Switzerland.
(b) In a hunting accident.
(c) On Mont Tomba, Italy.
(d) Running after trains.

5. How did Nevada get her name?
(a) Her mom ran into a car with Nevada plates as she was in labor.
(b) She had a birthmark shaped like the state.
(c) He rmother was a Vegas dancer.
(d) She was born in Reno.

6. What does Anna say about children in Chapter 17?
(a) She is never going to have any.
(b) She wants to adopt.
(c) She wants a child badly.
(d) She finds babysitting makes her want them more.

7. According to Stan, what was Athens built of?
(a) Plaster.
(b) Glass.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Goldmarble columns.

8. What does Jimmy Herf offer his cousin, Joe Harland, in Chapter 11?
(a) A ride into town.
(b) A pen.
(c) Money for lunch.
(d) A Camel cigarette.

9. In the Chinese restaurant, what song is the jazz band playing when Dutch and Francie are dancing?
(a) Caravan.
(b) Take the A Train.
(c) In the Mood.
(d) Hindustan.

10. After a night of dancing in Chapter 14, how does Anna accidentally wake her aunt up?
(a) She trips on a rug and falls to the floor.
(b) She bumps into the kitchen table.
(c) She giggles loudly when her boyfriend kisses her goodnight.
(d) She starts humming too loudly.

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

12. What does George Baldwin think will happen as a result of the war?
(a) The Stock Exchange will close.
(b) His wife will go crazy.
(c) His gold futures will go through the roof.
(d) There will be a food shortage.

13. What are the women who followed the armies in the French Revolution called (a reference to Ellen's feelings for Stan)?
(a) Les Femmes de Guerre.
(b) Les Oiseaux de Nuit.
(c) Les Meres de La Revolution.
(d) Cantonnieres.

14. Ellen fells like a _________ in her metal green evening dress when she is out with Harry.
(a) A stiff cast iron figure.
(b) A paper doll.
(c) A mannequin.
(d) A pile of dry leaves.

15. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?
(a) Thirty.
(b) A high school kid.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty-two.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the taxi driver who drops Elaine and George off, why is there is such a big crowd at the road house?

2. Jimmy Herf thinks reporters are what?

3. Who says to herself, "Somebody loves me, I wonder who..."?

4. Anna's mother scolds her in what language besides English?

5. What is the name of the child of Jimmy Herf and Ellen Thatcher?

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