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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. Where does Jimmy tell Tony to go when he questions his sexuality?
(a) To the country.
(b) To San Francisco.
(c) To a psychoanalyst.
(d) To Crete.

2. What are the women who followed the armies in the French Revolution called (a reference to Ellen's feelings for Stan)?
(a) Les Oiseaux de Nuit.
(b) Cantonnieres.
(c) Les Meres de La Revolution.
(d) Les Femmes de Guerre.

3. How did Nevada get her name?
(a) She had a birthmark shaped like the state.
(b) He rmother was a Vegas dancer.
(c) She was born in Reno.
(d) Her mom ran into a car with Nevada plates as she was in labor.

4. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Thirty.
(c) A high school kid.
(d) Forty.

5. What does Rosie want from the flower stall in the lobby?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A rose.
(c) A gardenia.
(d) A carnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Snow says actors and actresses are put on the market like what?

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

3. Where does Jimmy work as a reporter?

4. Where does Congo learn to speak American and tend bar?

5. What song is playing on the grind organ as Pearline passes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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