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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this person that May encounters offer to do?
(a) Not keep them from their plans.
(b) Work as a teacher.
(c) Be their first student.
(d) Help promote it .

2. Who does George meet, while traveling across the continent with the trio?
(a) A director.
(b) A relative.
(c) A movie star.
(d) A girl.

3. According to Jerry, with what kind of news does he return?
(a) Sad news.
(b) Horrible news.
(c) Bad news.
(d) Good news.

4. What kind of play is ONCE IN A LIFETIME?
(a) A lighthearted play.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A morbid play.
(d) A work of nonfiction.

5. Of the main characters, who is the worrier?
(a) May Daniels.
(b) George Lewis.
(c) Al Jolson.
(d) Jerry Hyland.

6. To whom will this person introduce the trio?
(a) The Schlepkin brothers.
(b) Mr. Glogauer.
(c) Mae West.
(d) Helen.

7. What job does the person they are here to meet have?
(a) He is a man in the movie business.
(b) He is a gossip columnist.
(c) She is working with Al Jolson.
(d) She is an actress.

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

9. This idea began in New York, and to where is this new idea leading them?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) San Diego.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Santa Monica.

10. What does the trio hope this very important person will do for them?
(a) Buy their dinner.
(b) Send them back to New York City.
(c) Put their futures on the fast track.
(d) Get them jobs somewhere in the United States.

11. What were May and George hoping Jerry would land?
(a) A lead role.
(b) A plane.
(c) A job in a restaurant.
(d) A contract.

12. Where is George's new acquaintance headed?
(a) New York.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Sacramento.

13. How do they travel from one city to the next?
(a) By plane.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By bus.

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

15. What comes with the advent of the talkie, according to Jerry?
(a) New lessons to learn.
(b) Exciting new careers.
(c) New people to meet.
(d) There is a fortune to be made.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom are Jerry, May, and George waiting in this building?

2. Who is this very important person that Helen and the others compliment?

3. What is the trio creating, as they travel across the country?

4. What does this parade set off?

5. How does the trio feel about this person's offer?

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