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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. As Ouisa considers the idea of being murdered in her sleep, what does she wonder aloud?
(a) Who would find her
(b) Would she wake up
(c) Would it hurt
(d) Would she go to heaven

2. In what city was Sidney Poitier born?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Selma
(c) Baltimore
(d) Miami

3. Which hotel is Poitier checking into in the morning, according to Paul?
(a) The Bowery
(b) The Waldorf-Astoria
(c) The Gramercy Park
(d) The Sherry

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

5. According to Paul, on the shooting of what movie did Sidney Poitier meet his second wife?
(a) Blackboard Jungle
(b) The Defiant Ones
(c) The Lost Man
(d) Raisin in the Sun

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of this section, Flan describes a painting by what artist?

2. At the beginning of Act 1, what aspect of his state of being does Flan repeatedly mention?

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

4. In this section, Paul mentions attending a film festival with his father in what country?

5. What valuable item has Paul lost in the mugging?

(see the answer key)

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