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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a child, how did Sammy make his seventy-five cents?
(a) He sold stolen goods on the street.
(b) He let Christians convert him.
(c) He stole it from his father's wallet.
(d) He robbed the temple.

2. Why does Sammy think Al is unsuccessful in the business?
(a) Al is a drunk.
(b) Because Al doesn't mind his own business.
(c) Because Al doesn't try hard enough.
(d) Al isn't intelligent.

3. What does Al mean when he says his own voice is filled with inadequacy?
(a) He is unable to argue with pride.
(b) He has lost his voice.
(c) Everything he tries to express is absurd.
(d) He is incapable of being creative.

4. Al calls Sammy when he first arrives in Hollywood in Chapter Three. What does Sammy talk to him about?
(a) His new girlfriend.
(b) The next big break he will make.
(c) Selling out to a big corporation.
(d) Al's salary being unsatisfactory.

5. What do Julian and his wife spend all of their money on?
(a) On starting their own publishing company in Los Angeles.
(b) On suing Sammy.
(c) On a house in Hollywood.
(d) On going to Hollywood in order to get in touch with Sammy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they are talking at lunch, what does Julian confess to Al that Sammy has stolen?

2. What do Julian and Rosalie have in common?

3. Why did Sheik beat up Sammy every day of their childhood?

4. What is Sammy's advice to Al regarding work in Chapter Three?

5. Before he left for Hollywood, what kind of promises did Sammy make to Julian?

(see the answer key)

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