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

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

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

4. What does Phil want to sell?
(a) Widgets.
(b) His blood.
(c) Brooklyn Bridge rights.
(d) Architectural tiles.

5. Who does Nevada end up marrying?
(a) Bud Korpenning.
(b) Jimmy Herf.
(c) George Baldwin.
(d) Armand Duvall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Billy' think of the X-ray treatment?

3. Jimmy Herf thinks reporters are what?

4. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?

5. Stan used to say to Ellen, "No time to get tight like______".

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Joe Harland tell Jimmy to be careful what he does?

3. What is Congo's line of work and how is he faring?

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

5. What does Ellen say to George when he tells her Cecily has consented to a divorce?

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

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

8. How does Pearline normally feel about fires?

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

10. What does Congo say of Jimmy's life experience?

(see the answer keys)

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