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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Seven, why does Al feel pressure at work?
(a) He is afraid his position will be cut because his work has only been somewhat successful.
(b) He has writer's block.
(c) He has been caught stealing money from the company.
(d) His boss wants him to cut all ties with Sammy.

3. Al explains how he wanted to go to Hollywood before he met Sammy Glick. What does he say his reasons for wanting to go are?
(a) He wants to get paid in gold.
(b) He wants to live by the beach.
(c) He wanted to know if it was as ideal as agents claimed it to be.
(d) He has dreams of being a movie star.

4. 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.

5. What does Al think of Catherine Sargent?
(a) She is a man dressed like a woman.
(b) That she shouldn't be affiliated with Sammy.
(c) That she is "neatly put together" and she scares people off.
(d) He doesn't trust her and thinks she is up to no good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sammy comfortable in Hollywood?

2. In Chapter Two, how much does the manuscript end up selling for?

3. In Chapter Two, Al says there are two kinds of self-made men. One reflects on their success as patriotic and remembers all of the details of their success. How does he describe the second type?

4. How does Al feel about Sammy helping Julian?

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

(see the answer key)

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