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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specialty cooking pans was it thought were no longer needed after Lou died?
(a) Crepe pan and gratin pan.
(b) Cocotte.
(c) Madeleine pan.
(d) Bain-marie and chinoise.

2. In the public school where Sunny grew up, how many students were there in all the grades?
(a) Less than 60.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) About 70.

3. How did Schiff's mother ruin food?
(a) Serving food lukewarm or burning it.
(b) Not using enough salt.
(c) Overcooking and oversalting.
(d) Undercooking.

4. What is Sunny fixing to eat in "The First Property of Thirst"?
(a) Spatchcocks and pheasant.
(b) Lamb chops.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Baked chicken and pork chops.

5. Where does Lieutenant Sevo get a flag from for the camp?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Independence.
(c) Lone Pine.
(d) Tecopa.

6. What time would Schiff's family eat their evening meal?
(a) 6:30 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m. or sometimes later.
(c) 5 p.m. or sometimes earlier.
(d) 5:30 p.m.

7. "In the Second Property of Thirst," how does Los Angeles compare in population to other United States cities?
(a) 5th largest.
(b) 6th largest.
(c) 2nd largest.
(d) 8th largest.

8. Before getting on a boat to go to Europe, where was Sunny overwhelmed by all the people and she had to sit down?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Munich.

9. How long has Tom Mix been coming to the Valley to make his movies?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1938.

10. How much extra are internees paid monthly to work in the kitchen?
(a) $15.
(b) $20.
(c) $16.
(d) $18.

11. Who was the worst actor Rocky had entertained at Three Chairs?
(a) Fatty Arbuckle.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) James Stewart.
(d) Cary Grant.

12. What do the church ladies provide the children internees when they arive?
(a) Butterscotch drops.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Life Savers.
(d) Lollipops.

13. How does Sunny keep herself busy after the news of the bombing at Pearl Harbor?
(a) Going to town with her father.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Reading.

14. What happened the last time Bobby Kaye came to town in "The Second Property of Thirst"?
(a) Stryker killed his elephant.
(b) Stryker accidentally shot him.
(c) Stryker accidentally shot his leading man.
(d) Stryker killed his elephant.

15. In "The First Property of Thirst," what mountain can Rocky see?
(a) Keynot Peak.
(b) Waucoba Mountain.
(c) Eureka Peak.
(d) Mount Inyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunny say dill reminds her aunt of?

2. How many hours a day do stoop laborers work picking things like strawberries, tomatoes, melons, spinach, cotton, or rice?

3. What color does Cas always wear?

4. How old was Schiff when the market crashed in October 1929?

5. How much land on the east side of Route 395 was deeded to a single, private owner?

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