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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many people in Los Angeles want from this person that May encounters?
(a) Revenge.
(b) A job.
(c) To be mentioned in Helen's column.
(d) Money.

2. How is May feeling when she enters the scene?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Scared.
(d) Sad.

3. Which member of the trio is struggling on the trip across the country?
(a) Helen.
(b) George.
(c) Jerry.
(d) May.

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

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

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

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

8. Why are these New York performers headed there?
(a) To visit relatives.
(b) To spend time on the beach.
(c) To see movie stars.
(d) To make their fortune at the onset of talking pictures.

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

10. As what do these people work in this building?
(a) Bartenders.
(b) Ushers.
(c) Executives.
(d) Waiters and cigarette girls.

11. For whom is Susan perfect?
(a) Sam.
(b) Dan.
(c) Jerry.
(d) George.

12. Why is this decision to leave made, according to Jerry?
(a) They can earn a great deal of money.
(b) He wants to be on Broadway.
(c) They could be successful in Chicago.
(d) He is tired of New York City.

13. What has Jerry bought for the trio?
(a) A theatre.
(b) Tickets for the three of them on the next train to Hollywood.
(c) A bus.
(d) A vaudeville act.

14. Who announces that Mr. Glogauer's presence is requested?
(a) Helen.
(b) Al Jolson.
(c) May.
(d) A bellboy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the Schlepkin brothers to Glogauer?

3. What comes with the advent of the talkie, according to Jerry?

4. What kind of play is ONCE IN A LIFETIME?

5. Where is George's new acquaintance headed?

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