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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. Jimmy Herf thinks reporters are what?
(a) Respectable.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Important.
(d) Parasites.

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

3. What is Stan doing in a mirror in Chapter 12?
(a) Shaving.
(b) Sticking his tongue out.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

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

5. What does Martin say an artist is?
(a) A thinker.
(b) A fardel.
(c) A louse.
(d) An enlightener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Babylon and Nineveh built out of, according to Stan?

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

3. How does Congo lose his leg?

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

5. Who does Pearline brag to about Stan's ambitions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jimmy say gives him goose flesh as he talks to Tony Hunter about stories in the paper?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Dick Snow say about Ellen's divorce?

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

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

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

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