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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stan wish would happen to his college before he gets back?

2. Where has Bud come from?

3. What company is the lady on the white horse advertising?

4. What is the ship carrying that Schmidt will lose half his commission over if he doesn't get it off by the next day?

5. What does Jimmy call his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bud jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?

2. Why does the girl in the forget-me-not hat confront Emile in the street?

3. Why does the nurse have to give Susie a sedative?

4. What does George Baldwin tell Gus to do if reporters come by?

5. What does Jimmy's mother tell him when he burns his tongue on hot mustard?

6. Why doesn't Jimmy's mother ever laugh anymore the week before he goes back to school? How does he react?

7. What does Phil Sandbourne say of a man's morals as he is talking to Hartly?

8. What does Joe O'Keefe say about loaning a dollar to Joe Harland?

9. What does Bud witness at the corner of West Broadway and Franklin Street while he is eating peanuts?

10. What has Ed Thatcher worried as he enters the hospital with flowers for his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many men fawn all over Ellen as she becomes famous on Broadway. How does she react to different advances of the men in her life? Which one does she really love? What does she say about herself regarding her love for this man?

Essay Topic 2

As an adult, Jimmy Herf often slips into daydreams as he is walking or working. How does this ability to daydream affect his job at the Times? Who are characters in his daydreams? What do some of his daydreams mean?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Jimmy Herf lets go of Ellen. How does he feel about losing her? What is her reaction?

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