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

2. Which of the following is not an ingredient listed in the dish Paul prepares?
(a) Sun-dried tomatoes
(b) Olives
(c) Spinach
(d) Tuna Fish

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the Kittredge's housekeeper come in?

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

4. According to Flan in this section, Geoffrey has recently sold a print by what modern artist?

5. What taciturn promise does Paul make the Kittredges and Geoffrey before the latter leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trent and Paul's relationship end?

2. How does Paul view himself in terms of race in America?

3. What galling realization do the parents make as they read SIdney Poitier's autobiography?

4. What does Sidney Poitier say to Ouisa in her dream?

5. What new information does the Detective have when he calls Ouisa and Flan?

6. Why is Flan in awe of his children's second grade teacher?

7. What is Ouisa's essential fear about the fate of Paul of the play?

8. Why does Flan repeatedly try to silence his wife's narration throughout this section?

9. How do Flan and Ouisa know Geoffrey?

10. What do the parents ask their children to do in this section?

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