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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shirley MacLaine use her first professional paycheck for?
(a) A house.
(b) An apartment building.
(c) A car.
(d) A night out.

2. Where did Shirley have to wait for Gerry, prior to going to dinner on the convention trip?
(a) The room.
(b) A limo.
(c) A cab.
(d) A secret booth at the restaurant.

3. What special gift did Edgar Cayce write about?
(a) Being a psychic.
(b) Being a medium.
(c) The ability to time travel.
(d) The ability to teleport.

4. What did Shirley's friends claim about their meetings with Johannsen?
(a) All of these.
(b) The meetings were just for fun.
(c) The meetings were very public.
(d) The meetings led to new spirituality.

5. After talking about Johannsen, Shirley saw a sudden invitation to Stockholm as a what?
(a) Coincidence.
(b) Strange idea.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Set up.

6. What topic did Shirley become fascinated with after learning about Edgar Cayce?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Mediums.
(d) Aliens.

7. What grand question did Shirley begin to explore upon returning from her convention trip with Gerry?
(a) None of these.
(b) The reality of love.
(c) The purpose of life.
(d) The point of her career.

8. In Stockholm, Gerry was worried that his feelings for Shirley bordered on what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) All of these.
(c) Dislike.
(d) Obsession.

9. David believed Christ was a human who was what?
(a) Of a higher order.
(b) Untouchable.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Delusional.

10. Which of these was a favorite hobby of Shirley MacLaine's?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Belly dancing.

11. Shirley MacLaine had been in how many movies when "Out on a Limb" was written?
(a) Over 35.
(b) 4.
(c) 27.
(d) 10.

12. On what day in Stockholm did Shirley first see Gerry?
(a) The first.
(b) The second.
(c) The third.
(d) The fifth.

13. What unusual experience had Shirley experienced well before investigating spirituality?
(a) Déjà vu.
(b) Channeling spirits.
(c) Seeing angels.
(d) Dreams of heaven.

14. What affliction did Edgar Cayce suffer from?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Learning disability.
(c) Deformed leg.
(d) Blindness.

15. In Shirley's opinion, what were some of Gerry's bad qualities?
(a) All of these.
(b) Intimacy issues.
(c) Power hungry.
(d) Insecure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerry claimed that the relationship with Shirley was having an adverse effect on what?

2. What did Gerry do for a living?

3. Shirley MacLaine considered David to be a professional what?

4. What notable nomination was Shirley MacLaine recognized with during the writing of "Out on a Limb"?

5. Where did Shirley and Gerry see trainers feed animals?

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