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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. What are Yeamon and Chenault doing when Paul returns?
(a) Making breakfast
(b) Weaving baskets
(c) Playing ping pong
(d) Arguing

2. Why are casino shots hard to come by?
(a) There is not enough light
(b) Only certain cameras are allowed inside
(c) Only VIPs are allowed inside
(d) They are illegal

3. What does Paul accuse the old man of sitting on?
(a) His book
(b) His knee
(c) His pen
(d) His typewriter

4. What does the main character want to do before he boards his plane?
(a) Say good bye to his ex wife
(b) Get drunk
(c) Buy a watch
(d) Get laid

5. What was the name of the nearby bar?
(a) Flamboyan Lounge
(b) Lotterman's
(c) The Daily News
(d) Rico's

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sanderson's job?

2. Which of Sanderson's friends does Paul not like?

3. Which of the following characters does Paul meet at Al's one morning?

4. Where had Duke Peterson just come back from?

5. Who do Sala and Paul leave the casino with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Paul have with the old man in Chapter 1?

2. Why can Paul not work at the beginning of this chapter?

3. What does Paul do on his first day at the newspaper?

4. What signs are there that newspaper will soon fold?

5. Describe the internal problems at the newspaper.

6. How does Paul try to get revenge on Segarra?

7. Summarize Chapter 3.

8. How does Lotterman react to Paul's questions about the paper folding?

9. How does Paul feel about Yeaman and Chanault's relationship in Chapter 3?

10. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

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