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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie was Quentin Tarantino doing a press junket interview in 2012 when he commented on Opal and Nev?
(a) Kill Bill.
(b) Django Unchained.
(c) Pulp Fiction.
(d) Reservoir Dogs.

2. In choosing the name "SarahLena," Jimmy chose Sarah after whom?
(a) Sarah Vaughan.
(b) Sarah McClure.
(c) Sarah Pennington.
(d) Sarah O'Harris.

3. What band was playing at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert when a riot broke out involving the Hell's Angels?
(a) The Who.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Rolling Stones.
(d) The Doors.

4. What bands has Tom Morello played for?
(a) The Traveling Wilburys and The Who.
(b) Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
(c) Greensky Bluegrass and the Road Brothers.
(d) Bauhaus and The Cure.

5. To whose house did Virgil direct the taxi when he was supposedly taking Opal to Jimmy's memorial?
(a) Chet Bond's.
(b) Bob Hize's.
(c) Beau Bond's.
(d) Howie Kelly's.

6. What company's ads did Lizzie Harris associate with the iconic photo of Opal and Nev in her speech at the 2003 New Yorker Festival?
(a) New York Times ads.
(b) Macy's ads.
(c) Benetton ads.
(d) Chesterton cigarette ads.

7. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) "All Us Rug Rats."
(b) "That's How They Get You."
(c) "Flourish of Drama."
(d) "Copy the Right, People, and the Rest Falls in Place."

8. What single featuring Nev on lead vocals was released for radio play from the Things We've Seen album?
(a) "The Last Road West."
(b) "Summer in Smoke."
(c) "Black Coffee."
(d) "Better Living on Mercury."

9. Where in California did Sunny go to see Opal after her interview with Chet Bond?
(a) Santa Cruz.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Diego.

10. What did Nev write to Bob Hize after seeing the headlines in the newspaper after the riot when he was in the hospital?
(a) "Help."
(b) "It's me."
(c) "Where's Opal?"
(d) "Why me?"

11. How did J. Edgar Hoover die?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

12. Having been asked about his single biggest regret surrounding the Rivington Showcase, what did Howie Kelly say his was?
(a) That the world can be so unkind and ungenerous.
(b) Not being there for Sunny's mother.
(c) That the venue turned out to be an inept failure.
(d) He had no regrets because none of it was his fault.

13. What is the title of Chapter 23?
(a) "Copy the Right, People, and the Rest Falls in Place."
(b) "You Hear Me?"
(c) "Flourish of Drama."
(d) "Thomas's Girl on Kilimanjaro."

14. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) "All Us Rug Rats."
(b) "Click, Click, Click."
(c) "Copy the Right, People, and the Rest Falls in Place."
(d) "Flourish of Drama."

15. Where does Sunny describe always being relegated when visiting Opal's home in Chapter 15?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The garden.
(d) The living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the album Temper released?

2. Who does Opal describe coming to give her a shot at the hospital after the riot?

3. Who was the 18-year-old concert attendee that Sunny interviewed at Derringdo?

4. Who was supposed to introduce Nev when he came onstage for the showcase, but did not?

5. How is Opal described as entering the stage in "The Opal and Nev Experience" article in Aural that was published in December of 1972?

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