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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has a good idea about the trio's new job?
(a) Helen.
(b) George.
(c) May.
(d) Jerry.

2. Where does the first scene open?
(a) At a bus stop.
(b) In May's home.
(c) In a two-bit hotel room.
(d) At an audition.

3. Why do they work these jobs in this building?
(a) To see shows for free.
(b) In the hopes of being discovered by some movie industry executive.
(c) In the hopes of creating a popular movie.
(d) To earn a large income.

4. On what will they capitalize, if they take this advice and create a new job for the trio?
(a) The conversion of silent movie stars to the new medium of talkies.
(b) The historic value of the theatre.
(c) The need for vaudeville shows around the country.
(d) The need for Hollywood directors.

5. Of what does the trio have another?
(a) New plan.
(b) Train to catch.
(c) Stroke of good luck.
(d) Train ride.

6. What is THE JAZZ SINGER?
(a) A ballet.
(b) A silent film.
(c) A successful talkie.
(d) A live production.

7. Where are the New York stage performers headed?
(a) To San Diego.
(b) To Santa Monica.
(c) To San Francisco.
(d) To Hollywood.

8. What sends Glogauer into fits?
(a) His new medication.
(b) The fish he eats, to which he is allergic.
(c) The mention of the Schlepkin name.
(d) Seeing the trio.

9. Who rudely interrupts George from what he is happily doing?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jerry.
(c) May.
(d) Mark.

10. Who is this very important person that Helen and the others compliment?
(a) The trio.
(b) Helen.
(c) Al Jolson.
(d) Mr. Glogauer

11. The setting of this scene has a _________ interior.
(a) Typical.
(b) Dull.
(c) Heavily gilded.
(d) Sophisticated.

12. Describe Jerry Hyland.
(a) He is the worrier.
(b) He is flighty.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is the doer.

13. What is the name of the person George meets?
(a) Sam.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Susan.
(d) Seth.

14. Why is this person, that May encounters, important?
(a) She is a leading Hollywood gossip columnist.
(b) He is a movie director.
(c) He is May's cousin.
(d) She is a famous actress.

15. In what are the three basking, as they are traveling to their new destination?
(a) The glow of the new money-making idea.
(b) The hot sun.
(c) Their new fame.
(d) Their own embarrassment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made this decision to leave New York City?

2. For whom is May waiting?

3. How does Helen arrive?

4. What does this person that May encounters want in exchange?

5. What were May and George hoping Jerry would land?

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