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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 is the name of Stan's surprise bride from Niagara Falls?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Pearline.
(c) Amberlette.
(d) Opal.

2. Who does Pearline brag to about Stan's ambitions?
(a) The beat cop at the diner.
(b) The dog catcher.
(c) The blue gingham lady in the gorcery store.
(d) The old man on the bench.

3. What does Billy' think of the X-ray treatment?
(a) He has read they are beneficial.
(b) He thinks they are dangerous.
(c) He hopes she will die from them.
(d) He wants some himself.

4. What is Stan's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Club owner.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Student.

5. Who says he has come from overseas making the world safe for democracy?
(a) Captain James Merivale.
(b) George Baldwin.
(c) Colonel Schmidt.
(d) Congo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stan doing in a mirror in Chapter 12?

2. Where does Jimmy want to go when he sees the French boat in the harbor?

3. How does Congo lose his leg?

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

5. Who does Gus McNeil tell Burke to set up a drink on him for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dutch asked to leave the dance floor of the Chinese restaurant?

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

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

4. What doe Phil think will happen if he can sell his tiles to architects?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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