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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is fortunate for May, regarding this person she encounters?
(a) Helen remembers her fondly.
(b) The police officer likes her.
(c) Helen is in a good mood.
(d) Her cousin is kind.

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

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

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

5. What can this person that May encounters do to someone's career?
(a) Make or break it.
(b) Break it.
(c) Make it legitimate.
(d) Make it.

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

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

8. What happens to Jerry's plan, while traveling to the trio's new destination?
(a) It is very successful.
(b) It falls short.
(c) It is not at all successful.
(d) There are no glitches.

9. Who does May encounter on the train?
(a) A police officer.
(b) An old enemy.
(c) An old friend.
(d) Her cousin.

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

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

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

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

14. When does Helen's obsequious behavior come into play?
(a) When Mr. Glogauer leaves.
(b) When Mr. Glogauer arrives.
(c) When the trio arrives.
(d) When the Schlepkin brothers arrive.

15. Who is an actor who is rather young, and single, and somewhat carefree and oblivious?
(a) George Lewis.
(b) Jerry Hyland.
(c) Mark Daniels.
(d) Al Jolson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do George and his new acquaintance form?

2. Which member of the trio is struggling on the trip across the country?

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

4. What sends Glogauer into fits?

5. What do the other two think of this new job idea?

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