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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Stan want to go to Mouquin's in the morning?
(a) For bacon and eggs.
(b) To find Ellie.
(c) For the flowers.
(d) For an absinthe cocktail.

4. Who tells Emile she will never put herself in a man's power again?
(a) Madame Rigaud.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Mademoiselle Chiffon.
(d) Ruth Prynne.

5. Who does Bud think is chasing him?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Detectives.
(c) Bill collectors.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joe Harland ask for a loan of "twenty-five" dollars?

2. What is the name of Jimmy's aunt?

3. What turns Bill Ingersoll from an atheist to a Methodist?

4. Who does Ruth tell Jimmy threatened to shoot Elaine?

5. What does Ellen ask Harry to buy her in Central Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man with the cauliflower face complain about when Congo arrives to talk to Emile?

2. Why does Mrs. Olafson say that life is really going to be worth living now?

3. What does Bud witness at the corner of West Broadway and Franklin Street while he is eating peanuts?

4. How does Stanwood Emery act toward Elaine when he first meets her?

5. Why does the girl in the forget-me-not hat confront Emile in the street?

6. Why has Bud Korpenning come to New York?

7. Where does Stan think Elaine should live instead of with all the actors?

8. What does John Oglethorpe say to George of his relationship with Elaine?

9. What does Joe Harland say of whiskey when he goes to the bar?

10. Why can't Jimmy remember how his mother used to look when he is near the cemetery?

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