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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pat go to the writer's building to look for in "A Man in the Way"?
(a) An empty office.
(b) Some actors.
(c) Some writers.
(d) Some producers.

2. In "The Homes of the Stars," how much does Pat agree to get paid?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

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

4. How does Pat get the visitors onto the set of a film in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) He sneaks onto the set.
(b) He asks the director.
(c) He asks Berners.
(d) He asks a writer.

5. What does Pat go to Berners' office to do in "A Man in the Way"?
(a) To present Berners his own original idea.
(b) To tell Berners he is unable to come up with an idea.
(c) To present his completed script to Berners.
(d) To suggest the woman's idea as his own.

6. In "Pat Hobby, Putative Father," what does Berners ask Pat to do?
(a) Take some visitors to New York.
(b) Show some visitors around the studio.
(c) Take care of his kids.
(d) Go home.

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

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

9. In "Pat Hobby's Secret," who threatens Pat at the inquest?
(a) Woll.
(b) Berners.
(c) The wife of the man who killed Woll.
(d) Mr. Marcus.

10. What makes the couple in "The Homes of the Stars" suspicious that they are in the wrong star's home?
(a) There are two children's rooms.
(b) There is only one child's room.
(c) There are no children's rooms.
(d) There is no one home.

11. What does Pat use to hit someone at lunch in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?
(a) A metal tray.
(b) A trash can.
(c) A cup.
(d) Some food.

12. What does Banizon complain of in "Pat Hobby's Secret"?
(a) He doesn't have a script.
(b) He doesn't have actors.
(c) He doesn't have the ending to a script.
(d) He doesn't have money.

13. In "Pat Hobby's Secret," what does all the excitement cause Pat to forget?
(a) His lines for a scene.
(b) The ending to the script.
(c) His car.
(d) His money.

14. What kind of brochures does the man in "The Homes of the Stars" sell?
(a) Brochures for the studio.
(b) Brochures that show locations of celebrities.
(c) Brochures for famous restaurants.
(d) Brochures for cars.

15. In "A Man in the Way," what is the young woman's idea for a script?
(a) Artifacts being shipped to Europe.
(b) Books being shipped to China.
(c) A writer who is out of work.
(d) An actor who is out of work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Pat's gift in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?

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

3. What are the conditions of the gift bestowed upon Pat in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?

4. Where does Pat go to fulfill the producer's wishes in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?

5. Who has a heart attack in "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles"?

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