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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is this person's idea, regarding the new job?
(a) Taking their vaudeville act on the road.
(b) Directing movies.
(c) Opening a diction school for actors.
(d) Buying a theatre.

2. Who made this decision to leave New York City?
(a) George.
(b) Al.
(c) Jerry.
(d) May.

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

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

5. Of what news is May waiting?
(a) A sorely needed job for the trio.
(b) Whether she is cast in a new Broadway show.
(c) The reviews from her new play.
(d) A date with Jerry.

6. What has Jerry done to the trio's act?
(a) He has landed them roles in a Broadway play.
(b) Found a new theatre for them to perform in.
(c) He has sold the vaudeville act.
(d) He has found a new agent.

7. Where does George meet this person?
(a) At the station.
(b) In Los Angeles.
(c) In New York.
(d) On the train.

8. What do the other two think of this new job idea?
(a) Helen and May are nervous about the idea.
(b) Jerry and George agree that it seems like a monumental idea .
(c) Jerry and May are hesitant to agree to the idea.
(d) May and George refuse to go along with the plan.

9. Why does Glogauer agree to the diction school?
(a) He wants to practice his own diction.
(b) He wants actors and actresses who speak well.
(c) So he can send them to the Schlepkin brothers.
(d) So that he can take the lead by training his actors and actresses.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How does George compare to the fast talking May, Jerry, and Helen?
(a) He is not quite in their league.
(b) He is an even faster talker.
(c) He keeps up quite well.
(d) He is bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the trio feel about getting to their destination.

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

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

4. Who joins Helen with the compliments and flattery towards this very important person?

5. How did this decision to leave come about?

(see the answer keys)

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