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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. Who is the dressmaker that Jimmy takes Ellen to?
(a) Lady Chemise.
(b) Madame Soubrine.
(c) Mrs. Sunderland.
(d) Madame Rigaud.

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

3. According to the "tramp", there is more wickedness in one block in New York City than in a square mile in _______.
(a) Hell.
(b) Nineveh.
(c) Syria.
(d) Constantinople.

4. Alice Sheffield goes to what store to buy quite a lot of things?
(a) Hickson's.
(b) Burberry.
(c) Nieman Marcus.
(d) Lord & Taylor.

5. What is the name of the child of Jimmy Herf and Ellen Thatcher?
(a) Earl.
(b) Edward.
(c) Martin.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jimmy go while Ellie is having her baby?

2. What does George Baldwin think of Washington?

3. What does the "tramp" that Joe and Skinny encounter think people need?

4. What are the women who followed the armies in the French Revolution called (a reference to Ellen's feelings for Stan)?

5. What does Jimmy Herf offer his cousin, Joe Harland, in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George declare his feelings for Elaine at dinner?

2. When a shower of petals flutters all over the table at the roadhouse, how does Ellen react?

3. What are the virtues of its tobacco extolled by the Socony company?

4. What does George tell Phil in regards to Elaine?

5. What does Anna's mother say when she scolds her for her line of work?

6. What does Jimmy say about his job at the Times?

7. How do the people at the Louis Expresso Association's Annual Dance react to Gus McNeil's presence?

8. Why does Stan throw the chair through the window of his apartment?

9. What is the greatest sight in the world according to Jimmy Herf as he and his family return from abroad?

10. What does she mean when Rachel Goldweiser says that New York is pleasanter in midsummer than any other time?

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