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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 wanted to know if it was as ideal as agents claimed it to be.
(b) He wants to get paid in gold.
(c) He wants to live by the beach.
(d) He has dreams of being a movie star.

2. How does Sammy know Catherine Sargent?
(a) She is an author and writer for the same production company he works for.
(b) She is his agent.
(c) He meets her after he interviews her.
(d) She is a waitress at Sammy's favorite club.

3. How does Sammy respond when Al confides in him about his problems at work in Chapter Four?
(a) He tells him he will never get ahead and he should move back to New York.
(b) He tells him to go home and get a good rest.
(c) He gives him advice about writing his own treatment.
(d) He advices him to kill his new writing partner.

4. When Sammy asks, what does Al say about the workers at their old office?
(a) They are all proud of him.
(b) They all want to be remembered.
(c) They are starving to death.
(d) They wish he hadn't left.

5. In Chapter Two, how much does the manuscript end up selling for?
(a) Seventy thousand.
(b) Ten grand.
(c) Eight grand.
(d) Fifty thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Al's mistake in his article?

2. In Chapter Four, when Al and Billie dance, what does she say about Sammy Glick?

3. Who is Julian Blumberg?

4. What does Al think of Catherine Sargent?

5. When Al and Sammy first meet, how does Al describe him?

(see the answer key)

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