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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 does Charles say kept buzzing in his head when he went home to sleep after a night out in the fifties?
(a) Talk.
(b) Music.
(c) Screams.
(d) Laughter.

2. What does Bill describe to Brita?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sunrise.

3. What kind of robe is Reverend Moon wearing?
(a) A pink satin robe.
(b) A purple towel robe.
(c) A white silk robe.
(d) A black silk robe.

4. What does Charles want to speak to Bill about?
(a) His finances.
(b) His third book.
(c) His father.
(d) An urgent matter.

5. Why doesn't Bill want his third novel published?
(a) He wants it to stay a mystery.
(b) He likes rewriting it too much.
(c) It is not good enough.
(d) He wants to annoy his publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the young writer?

2. Of whom does Brita like to take photographs?

3. What does Brita catch in the starkness of Bill's eyes?

4. Why does Brita stop taking photos of poor people?

5. Where does Brita live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie say is Bill's idea of a writer's life?

2. How does Charlie try to get Bill to help him?

3. Why doesn't Karen think Scott minds her sleeping with Bill?

4. How does Karen describe Andy Warhol?

5. How does Karen escape her cousins at the airport?

6. How does Scott meet Bill?

7. What does Karen say American culture does with the word 'cult'?

8. What does Brita think is special about the writer's face?

9. How does Brita express her nervousness at the beginning of Chapter Three?

10. With what does Scott say he has experience since his time in the city?

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