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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 does Miss Longnecker do for a living?
(a) Works at a department store.
(b) Works at a grocery.
(c) Teaches in a private school.
(d) Teaches in a public school.

2. As Miss Leeson lies starving on her bed, how many times does it take for her to be able to raise her arm?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. How far away does Miss Leeson think Billy Jackson is when she is starving?
(a) 600,000 miles.
(b) Hundreds of thousand of miles.
(c) Millions of miles.
(d) 570,000 miles.

4. What is tried to revive Miss Leeson when she is found unconscious on her bed?
(a) Smelling salts.
(b) Vinegar, slapping of the wrists, and burnt feathers.
(c) Vinegar and slapping of the cheeks.
(d) Ammonia and slapping of the wrists.

5. How is Mrs. Parker's call to Clara described after Miss Leeson cannot afford the rooms she is shown?
(a) Alarm.
(b) Bell-like.
(c) Tocsin.
(d) Siren.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Leeson weakly strike the man who asks her to marry him?

2. How old is Mr. Hoover?

3. When Miss Leeson comes home without having dinner, to whom is Mr. Skidder re-inking a stage direction?

4. What does Miss Leeson do when she has no work in the evenings?

5. What does Miss Leeson often bring home at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Leesen and some of the other roomers do in the evenings?

2. What do the other roomers say about Miss Leeson calling Gamma Billy Jackson?

3. What comment does Miss Longnecker make about Miss Leeson calling a star BIlly Jackson?

4. Why is Miss Leeson a person who should not live in the Skylight Room?

5. What trouble does Miss Leeson begin having in getting work?

6. How do the men who room at Mrs. Parker's treat Miss Leeson differently than the female boarders?

7. Who is Miss Dorn?

8. What does Miss Leeson do every day?

9. What happens to Miss Leeson after she is taken away by ambulance?

10. What happens the night when Miss Leeson comes home without having dinner?

(see the answer keys)

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