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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Al about Hollywood?
(a) The city is full of fakers.
(b) The city is a volcano waiting to erupt.
(c) The city is not unlike a village in its psychology.
(d) The city both gives and takes.

2. What is Al's impression of Rosalie when the two meet for dinner in Chapter Three?
(a) He finds her beautiful and wants to start dating her.
(b) He knows she has bad intentions.
(c) He feels threatened by her abrasive manner.
(d) He is struck by how thin and unwell she looks.

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

4. After Sammy's movie has been shown and they are discussing the review, why does Sammy get upset with Al?
(a) Al tells everyone at dinner about Sammy's lies.
(b) Al tells Sammy he has to add Julian's name to the credits.
(c) Al acts miserable the entire evening.
(d) Al suggests paying the reviewer is a bribe.

5. Why is Al surprised by the car Sammy drives?
(a) It's modest.
(b) It's a heap of trash.
(c) It's expensive.
(d) Sammy stole it.

6. In Chapter Six, how does Kit threaten Sammy?
(a) She tells him Julian will reveal he has been ghostwriting Sammy's work.
(b) She promises to leave him if he doesn't come out with the truth.
(c) By sneaking into his house with a knife.
(d) By stealing all of the work he and Julian have done together.

7. What decision does Julian's wife make regarding her husband's situation with Sammy in Chapter Six?
(a) She buys two tickets to Hollywood.
(b) She hires a lawyer who will take her to Hollywood.
(c) She packs up their car and says they will drive to Hollywood.
(d) She calls to confront Sammy herself and makes arrangements to meet him.

8. After they are intimate, what question does Al ask Billie?
(a) If she would ever consider marrying him.
(b) What she wants out of life.
(c) How many men she has been with.
(d) Where she sees herself in the next ten years.

9. What happens when Al calls Julian regarding Julian's job with Sammy in Chapter Six?
(a) Sammy answers the phone and takes all of the credit for offering Julian a job.
(b) The phone has been disconnected.
(c) Julian's wife answers and tells Al she is leaving him for good.
(d) Julian couldn't handle the pressure and moved back to New York.

10. When they are talking at lunch, what does Julian confess to Al that Sammy has stolen?
(a) His car.
(b) His wife.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His whole life.

11. How does Sammy act during the premier in Chapter Five?
(a) He can't wait for the premier to be over because he never wanted the fame in the first place.
(b) As if he needs constant reassurance and support.
(c) Nervous, but happy to be in the light.
(d) Uncomfortable because he is afraid of being caught in his lies.

12. What is Sammy's response when Al asks Sammy about Julian's name not being included in the credits?
(a) He pretends he doesn't hear Al and promptly changes the subject.
(b) He tells him to mind his own business.
(c) He doesn't think he should share the success.
(d) He is miserable and knows his wrong doing.

13. At the end of Chapter Two, why does Al stand at the window?
(a) He is tired of being inside.
(b) He is watching Sammy leave in his cab.
(c) He wants to daydream about Hollywood.
(d) He ponders jumping.

14. How does Sammy land the job at World-Wide in Hollywood?
(a) Al gives him a good recommendation.
(b) He pays his way in.
(c) He convinces the company he is a good fit.
(d) His agent sold him to the company on the strength of the story.

15. How does O'Brien thank Sammy for helping with the article?
(a) With a promotion.
(b) He gives him a gift and charges Al for it.
(c) He takes him out to dinner.
(d) He doesn't thank him because he is ashamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Al go to see Kit in Chapter Six?

2. What does Al give to Rosalie after dinner in Chapter Three?

3. What kind of review does Sammy's movie receive in Chapter Five?

4. Why is Sammy comfortable in Hollywood?

5. What do Julian and his wife spend all of their money on?

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