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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gruffly blurts out, "We all have to die sometime," in Ellen's apartment?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Cassie.
(d) Harry.

2. Who has gotten her throat X-rayed?
(a) Cassie.
(b) Ruth Prynne.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Mrs. Sunderland.

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

4. What dinner does George wish to order for Ellen?
(a) Cornish game hens under glass.
(b) A Long Island shore dinner.
(c) A five-course meal.
(d) Spaghetti and meatballs.

5. Jimmy wishes he could blame all his woes on what to make himself feel better?
(a) God.
(b) His ancestors.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Marxism.

6. What song is playing on the grind organ as Pearline passes?
(a) Dog Day Afternoon.
(b) Merry Widow Waltz.
(c) Oh, Tannenbaum.
(d) Petite Waltz.

7. Harland asks Jimmy if he doesn't mind being seen with a ___________ like him.
(a) Cat chaser.
(b) Rooster.
(c) Scarecrow.
(d) Jailbird.

8. What does Harland say of the photographs in the paper?
(a) They are risque.
(b) They are badly taken.
(c) They are tasteless.
(d) They are interesting.

9. Where does Jimmy work as a reporter?
(a) At the Times.
(b) At the Post.
(c) At the Herald.
(d) At the Voice.

10. What is Mrs. Densch afraid she is going to look like if she doesn't go to the party in her new dress?
(a) A Southern grandmother.
(b) A country schoolteacher.
(c) A poor Amish person.
(d) A ragged harlot.

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

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

13. Where do the minarets flame-like great candles round the Golden Horn?
(a) Babel.
(b) Assyria.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Constantinople.

14. Dick Snow's mother owns what kind of factory?
(a) Shoebox.
(b) Cosmetic.
(c) Diaper.
(d) Chewing gum.

15. Where does Jimmy want to go when he sees the French boat in the harbor?
(a) Home.
(b) To the Caribbean.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phil want to sell?

2. To where does Rosie want to make a getaway?

3. What does George Baldwin think of Washington?

4. What were Babylon and Nineveh built out of, according to Stan?

5. Jimmy is soaring like a _____________ when he smells Ellen's hair while dancing.

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