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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pat go to fulfill the producer's wishes in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?
(a) A school.
(b) The library.
(c) The infirmary.
(d) The store.

2. What does Pat try to get into in "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles"?
(a) A movie.
(b) An executive's house.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The studio.

3. How does Pat feel about the person everyone keeps talking about in "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles"?
(a) Scared.
(b) Threatened.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

4. What is true about the playwright in "Teamed with Genius"?
(a) He has written many films before.
(b) He is a producer.
(c) He is an actor.
(d) He has never written a film before.

5. In "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles," from whom does Pat ask to borrow money?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Berners.
(c) Phil Macedon.
(d) Jeff Boldini.

6. In "Boil Some Water--Lots of It," what does the producer tell Pat?
(a) He cannot use his script.
(b) He loves his script.
(c) Any medical content in the script must be authentic.
(d) He can put whatever he wants in the script.

7. How is the condition for Pat's gift broken in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) England enters war the next day.
(b) Canada enters war the next day.
(c) Mexico enters war the next day.
(d) Russia enters war the next day.

8. In "Pat Hobby, Putative Father," the two visitors want to meet ______________.
(a) Pat.
(b) Mr. Marcus.
(c) Berners.
(d) A famous actress.

9. How does the young woman's actions at the end of "A Man in the Way" affect Pat?
(a) His lie is revealed.
(b) It gets them to work together.
(c) It gets him fired.
(d) It secures his job.

10. Whom does Pat see walking up the front steps at the end of "The Homes of the Stars"?
(a) Clark Gable.
(b) Shirley Temple.
(c) Mr. Marcus.
(d) Berners.

11. What happens to Pat and the visitors after getting onto the set of the film in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are taken to jail.
(c) They are injured.
(d) They are taken to the security room.

12. What happens to Pat's gift in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) It is given back to the British empire.
(b) It is lost in a fire.
(c) It is given to Berners.
(d) It is given to Pat.

13. Whom does Pat convince to go to lunch with him in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?
(a) His son.
(b) The producer.
(c) A young woman.
(d) Mr. Marcus.

14. Whom does Pat owe money to in "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles"?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Berners.
(c) Mr. Marcus.
(d) Louie.

15. What did the writer that Banizon hired in "Pat Hobby's Secret" demand?
(a) A house.
(b) Ten scripts.
(c) More money.
(d) Ten actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pat react to what he sees at lunch in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?

2. How does Pat explain his current unemployment in "The Homes of the Stars"?

3. What does Pat do at the end of "The Homes of the Stars"?

4. In "Boil Some Water--Lots of It," what was the person that Pat hit actually doing?

5. Why does Gooddorf refuse to bend to Pat's demands in "Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish"?

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