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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What picture does Schary tell Ross he loves in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?
(a) The Next Voice You Hear.
(b) The Coonnaught Five.
(c) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
(d) The Wonder Years.

2. About how much would feeding the cast and crew of the film lunch cost the studio during the filming?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $40,000.

3. How did Silvia Reinhardt feel about accompanying her husband Gottfried to the filming location for "The Red Badge of Courage"?
(a) She enjoyed shopping in the town where the film was being shot.
(b) She loved being on location.
(c) She missed her children at home, and said so.
(d) She did not know why she was there.

4. What is Ross's son's name?
(a) Erik.
(b) Edward.
(c) John.
(d) Henry.

5. What is the name of Reinhardt's dog?
(a) Jake.
(b) Mocha.
(c) Fluffy.
(d) Barry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following films did Huston direct?

2. What was Audie Murphy's weekly salary for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

3. How does Schary usually watch the rushes of films?

4. What work of Ross's does the writer of the foreword quote from in the foroward?

5. What is the title of Ross's article that would eventually be turned into the book Picture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dore Schary tell Ross he knows L.B. Mayer so well?

2. What does Reinhardt insist upon during the film's production that is a somewhat unusual request so he can track the progress of filming closely?

3. What is Huston looking for in the local men who come to audition for the roles of extras?

4. What does John Huston say to Ross when he calls her at home about a week before his death in 1987?

5. Why does Reinhardt write a letter to Huston on the day the shooting of the film is to start?

6. What unusual tactic does Huston intend to use to direct the picture?

7. What does Huston's personal assistant, Albert Band, hope to do in the film?

8. What famous Civil War photographer does Huston reference several times in relation to the look of his own film shots in the first section of the book?

9. How do Huston and Reinhardt seem to view the impending start to their filming of "The Red Badge of Courage" in the week before rehearsals begin?

10. How does Audie Murphy behave during his first meeting with John Huston in the first section of the book?

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