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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 14-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paul, Sidney Poitier lived for a time in a bus station across the street from what?
(a) The Flatiron Building
(b) The Chrysler Building
(c) Madison Square Garden
(d) Grand Central Station

2. How much money does Flan need to convince Geoffrey to loan him at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) $3,000,000
(b) $2,000,000
(c) $500,000
(d) $1,000,000

3. What word does Ouisa tell Flan not to use in this section?
(a) Prolixity
(b) Sumptuous
(c) Quixotic
(d) Superfluous

4. In this section, Paul mentions attending a film festival with his father in what country?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) Turkey

5. At the beginning of Act 1, what aspect of his state of being does Flan repeatedly mention?
(a) He is enraged
(b) He feels like he will throw up
(c) He is shaking
(d) He has a cold sweat

Short Answer Questions

1. Paul is looking at a statue of what in Central Park when he is mugged?

2. What negative world does Ouisa repeat over and over throughout the first couple minutes of the play?

3. What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does Paul announce his father will be adapting for the screen?

4. In what country are the coal miners whom Gorbachev is cheering, according to Ouisa?

5. Which of the following characters tries to leave in the chaos of applying first aid to Paul?

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