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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the New York Times send contributors of the anecdotes Flan and Ouisa mention at the end of this section?
(a) A free subscription
(b) A bottle of champagne
(c) A Times tree ornament
(d) A framed excerpt

2. Who does Flan stop Geoffrey from calling in this section?
(a) Paul
(b) Geoffrey's wife
(c) The Japanese
(d) Sidney Poitier

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

4. What career did Flan used to hold?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Journalist
(c) Investment banker
(d) Artist

5. What request does Paul make of the Kittredges before leaving?
(a) That they forgive him
(b) That they not tell his father
(c) That they forget the whole incident
(d) That they lend him more money

6. What film option does Flan think may be a nice alternative for Paul's father's movie?
(a) Black and white
(b) Animation
(c) 3-D
(d) Silent

7. What taciturn promise does Paul make the Kittredges and Geoffrey before the latter leaves?
(a) He will pay them back for the shirt
(b) He will cook for them again sometime
(c) They can be in Cats
(d) They can have dinner with his father

8. At what time does Ouisa wake up the night after the dinner with Paul?
(a) 8 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 12 p.m.

9. What Christian prayer do Flan and Ouisa recite at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Our Father
(b) Now I lay me down to sleep...
(c) Hail Mary
(d) The Nicean Creed

10. Paul is looking at a statue of what in Central Park when he is mugged?
(a) A husky
(b) A priest
(c) An angel
(d) Shakespeare

11. What does Flan demand of Paul in the scene with the Hustler?
(a) An explanation for the naked man
(b) The truth about his identity
(c) His fifty dollars back
(d) That he get out of the condo

12. What is the only article of clothing the Hustler is wearing when he emerges from Paul's bedroom?
(a) Briefs
(b) Socks
(c) An open robe
(d) A hat

13. What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does Paul announce his father will be adapting for the screen?
(a) Cats
(b) Starlight Express
(c) Evita
(d) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

14. What does Ouisa initially fear the Hustler may have?
(a) Their silverwear
(b) A gun
(c) A knife
(d) AIDS

15. What word does Paul repeat over and over as Ouisa tries to wake him in this section?
(a) Ouisa
(b) No
(c) Yes
(d) Help

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Sidney Poitier use to characterize the two American debates on life?

2. What does Paul compliment about Geoffrey after the latter comments on dinner?

3. How long is the hall in the Kittredge house?

4. What denigrating term does Flan use repeated in reference to the Hustler?

5. What ancient food item does Ouisa say is in the freezer when Paul offers to make dinner?

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