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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 were Babylon and Nineveh built out of, according to Stan?
(a) Brick.
(b) Steel.
(c) Wood.
(d) Rock.

2. Where does Jimmy go while Ellie is having her baby?
(a) Out to eat.
(b) The Flea Circus.
(c) To get a drink.
(d) To a burlesque show.

3. Where does Mr. Cunningham get his divorce from Mrs. Cunningham?
(a) Vegas.
(b) Yucatan.
(c) Texas.
(d) Newfoundland.

4. 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 country schoolteacher.
(b) A ragged harlot.
(c) A poor Amish person.
(d) A Southern grandmother.

5. What does the "tramp" that Joe and Skinny encounter think people need?
(a) A good meal.
(b) God.
(c) A swift kick in the pants.
(d) Earthquake insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the dressmaker that Jimmy takes Ellen to?

2. What is Goldweiser's sister's name?

3. What does Phil Sandbourne find himself drinking in the hospital after being hit by a car?

4. How does Congo lose his leg?

5. Jimmy Herf thinks reporters are what?

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 does George tell Phil in regards to Elaine?

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

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

6. Who does Maisie's boyfriend Jack say he has worked for?

7. When Ellen is having their baby, why does Jimmy think she is going to die?

8. What has happened in Captain James Merivale's family since he has been gone?

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

10. What does Stan say to himself in the mirror regarding his marriage?

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