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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. In what year did Huston first move to New York?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1930.

2. What did Huston do for the army during WWII?
(a) He was a major in the Pictorial Service of the Army Signal Corps, directing documentaries.
(b) He was a navigation expert.
(c) He was a radio signal engineer.
(d) He was a soldier who saw many combat battles.

3. What message does Joe Cohn send to Huston on the day filming begins?
(a) A humorous one about the fact that he is doing a war picture and he needs to shoot, shoot, shoot.
(b) An angry one about the rejection of his ideas for the script.
(c) A cautionary one about how important the picture is to the studio.
(d) A solemn one about how much the picture will mean to soldier's families.

4. Where does Reinhardt live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Bel Air.

5. What movie was released in 1987, shortly after Huston's death, that he directed?
(a) "The Dead."
(b) "Wall Street."
(c) "Moonstruck."
(d) "The Quick and the Dead."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which restaurant does Ross go to with Huston in the section "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs!"?

2. What picture did Huston film scenes for in the Central Park Zoo in 1969?

3. What does Reinhardt write to Schary to apologize for in the section titled "Everything Has Just Gone Zoom"?

4. Who was the unit manager for "The Red Badge of Courage"?

5. What was the title of the last "Talk of the Town" piece Ross wrote for The New Yorker about Huston?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Reinhardts treat their dog, Mocha?

2. How does Ross describe director John Huston in the section titled "Throw the Little Old Lady Down the Stairs"?

3. 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?

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

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

6. Who does Ross decide early on in writing Picture to make as her four leading "characters"?

7. What was one of the least expensive, but, in Huston's estimation, important shots of the film?

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

9. What is L.B. Mayer's strongest objection to the M-G-M studio making "The Red Badge of Courage"?

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

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