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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. On what avenue does Percival live?
(a) Madison.
(b) Park.
(c) Lexington.
(d) Fifth.

2. What is the name of Percival’s doorman?
(a) Matt.
(b) Max.
(c) Rex.
(d) Roy.

3. Which of the following does Percival note dines at La Maison?
(a) Lionel Cornell.
(b) Lester del Rey.
(c) Lawrence Lightman.
(d) Leon de Coeur.

4. In which hotel does Sarkis lodge?
(a) The Mark.
(b) Mariott.
(c) Carlyle.
(d) Four Seasons.

5. Where did Ellie Houghton have her engagement party?
(a) The Haverford Hall.
(b) The Colony Club.
(c) The Violet Venue.
(d) The Cotton Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is Percival born?

2. What composer’s work are Tommy and his wife set to hear as “The Bootlegger” begins?

3. What college did Reese attend?

4. Which of the following does Jeremy note having eagerly read?

5. On what street is La Maison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is John called Gloria by the roller-skating group?

2. Why does Jeremy recommend against taking a bottle of water when surveilling others?

3. What does the narrator note Tommy wore to propose to her?

4. Why had Nell’s biological father started bringing weekly flowers to Peggy?

5. How does Tommy react to the arrival of Fein at the beginning of “The Bootlegger”?

6. How does Tommy get seats at Carnegie Hall?

7. Why, per Percival, are there few DiDomenico paintings?

8. How does the narrator contrast popular and Classical music?

9. What is the usual topic of Peggy’s complaints to Nell?

10. What, per Nell, was at the root of Peggy’s fear about John?

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