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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sammy's advice to Al regarding work in Chapter Three?
(a) He tells him to cheat his way to the top.
(b) He says nothing will get better and Al should just move back to New York.
(c) He tells him he is safe with a six month contract and doesn't have to start impressing anyone until the fifth month.
(d) That things will pick up in a year.

2. What happens when Al meets up with Billie in Chapter Seven?
(a) He drunkenly proclaims his love for her.
(b) He asks her if she loves Julian.
(c) He tells her how he feels about Kit.
(d) He confesses he is thinking of suicide.

3. How does Al feel about The Guild?
(a) The Guild makes him feel whole.
(b) He would be unable to live without it.
(c) He thinks it's too much like a union.
(d) It hasn't discovered its place in Hollywood.

4. In Chapter Four, where does Al meet Sammy for their night out?
(a) In a dark alley.
(b) At the restaurant.
(c) At Sammy's apartment.
(d) At the newspaper office.

5. Some of the members of the Guild want to exclude others. Who do they want to exclude?
(a) Writers from the South.
(b) Wealthy writers and those in the big business.
(c) Writers who are not wealthy and those who are outsiders.
(d) Unpublished writers and writers who are still in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Julian's wife make regarding her husband's situation with Sammy in Chapter Six?

2. What does Al suggest to Sammy regarding Rosalie?

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

4. What does Al mean when he says his own voice is filled with inadequacy?

5. After Al arrives in Hollywood, when does he meet up with Sammy in Chapter Three?

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