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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. Who gets ill and goes to the hospital in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel"?
(a) Nora.
(b) Nora.
(c) Mr. Rowantree.
(d) Clancy.

2. What kind of story is the one with Irene and Jim Westcott?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Dark.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Drama.

3. What is the name of the story about Cash Bentley?
(a) "The Sorrows of Gin."
(b) "Clancy in the Tower of Babel."
(c) "O Youth and Beauty."
(d) "The Five Forty-Eight."

4. What frustrates Louise?
(a) Her children.
(b) The family's finances.
(c) Cash's fame.
(d) Cash's family.

5. What do the Bentley's struggle with?
(a) Fame.
(b) Crime.
(c) Money.
(d) Sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does James Clancy get a job?

2. How old are Mrs. Pomery's children?

3. How does Ralph try to improve the Whitmores lives?

4. Who told Amy to pour the gin down the sink?

5. Where is Clarissa spending the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Blake fire his secretary in "The Five Forty-Eight?"

2. What kind of a housekeeper is Rosemary?

3. How does Clancy do when he first starts his job in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel?"

4. What does Laura do when she becomes pregnant?

5. How is Clarissa described in "The Chaste Clarissa?"

6. Who does the Pomeroy family consist of?

7. What type of parents are the Lawtons, in "The Sorrows of Gin?"

8. How does Cash feel about his former days as a track star in "O Youth and Beauty?"

9. How does Clancy almost get fired?

10. What baffles Clancy when he ends up in the hospital?

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