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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How quickly does the doctor go up the stairs to Miss Leeson's room?
(a) 5 steps at a time.
(b) 3 steps at a time.
(c) 2 steps at a time.
(d) 4 steps at a time.

2. How is Clara described when she seizes Miss Leeson and takes her to the Skylight Room?
(a) Dark goblin.
(b) Dark gremlin.
(c) Dark hobgoblin.
(d) Dark troll.

3. What size belt does Mr. Hoover wear?
(a) 54 inch.
(b) 52 inch.
(c) 47 inch.
(d) 49 inch.

4. What does Miss Leeson often bring home at night?
(a) Typewritten pages.
(b) Papers with handwriting on them.
(c) Soup and tea.
(d) Bread and tea.

5. In a stage direction Mr. Skidder is writing when Miss Leeson staggers back to her room without dinner, what is the actress to do?
(a) Pirouette.
(b) Twirl.
(c) Swing.
(d) Spin.

6. Where does Miss Leeson weakly strike the man who asks her to marry him?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Face.
(c) Arm.
(d) Chest.

7. How many acts of Mr. Skidder's unpublished comedy does Miss Leeson listen to one evening?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

8. What time does Clara find Miss Leeson's door locked the day after Miss Leeson comes home after not having dinner?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 8:30 a.m.
(d) 9:30 a.m.

9. What actress does Mr. Skidder believe will want to play the heroine in his play?
(a) Billie Burke.
(b) Anna Held.
(c) Lillian Lorraine.
(d) Fanny Brice.

10. What is the diagnosis for Miss Leeson's condition?
(a) Overwork.
(b) Malnourishment.
(c) Emaciation.
(d) Debility induced by starvation.

11. How dark is Miss Leeson's room at night?
(a) Like the shaft of a coal mine.
(b) Like an unlit closet.
(c) Like catacombs.
(d) Like the bottom of a well.

12. When Miss Leeson comes home without having dinner, to whom is Mr. Skidder re-inking a stage direction?
(a) Mary Heron.
(b) Sarah Harlowe.
(c) Frances Abington.
(d) Myrtle Delorme.

13. Near what star is the one Miss Leeson calls Billy Jackson?
(a) Bright yellow star.
(b) Bright white star.
(c) Soft yellow star.
(d) Steady blue star.

14. What does Miss Leeson do when she has no work in the evenings?
(a) Sits on the high stoop with the other roomers.
(b) Walks in the park.
(c) Sits on a bench by the front door.
(d) Reads in her room.

15. How is Miss Leeson's room described when she falls on her iron cot when she has had no dinner?
(a) Eurus.
(b) Erebus.
(c) Dinlas.
(d) Deimos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Leeson smile when she collapses on her bed when she had had no dinner?

2. According to Miss Longnecker, what is the real name of the star Miss Leeson calls Billy Jackson?

3. What does Miss Dorn like to do on Sundays?

4. Where does Miss Dorn work?

5. When Miss Leeson is starving, what does she say to her star?

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