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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Al work when he returns to New York?
(a) He works at a shoe store.
(b) He becomes a novelist.
(c) He writes Broadway shows.
(d) His old job at The Record.

2. When Al goes to visit Sammy at his apartment in New York. what does Sammy mean when he says "they" don't know how to be happy?
(a) They are depressed.
(b) They don't have feelings because of their experiences in Hollywood.
(c) People in Hollywood don't know when they are enjoying themselves.
(d) Satisfaction is impossible.

3. By Chapter Eleven, how does Sammy feel about Sidney Fineman?
(a) He fears his power.
(b) He is a phony.
(c) He is old and Sammy will be able to gain control of him.
(d) He is honored to work with him.

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

5. When Al and Billie dance, Al begins to dream. What does he say he's dreamed about?
(a) Driving a steam boat.
(b) Taking a trip together.
(c) Marrying her.
(d) Sammy Glick climbing a rope.

6. In Chapter Eleven, when Sammy tells Al he has everything, what is he referring to?
(a) A studio, connections, and a dream woman.
(b) Owning Hollywood.
(c) Money.
(d) The world.

7. What does Kit say the three things Hollywood turns out?
(a) Blood, guts, and rock and roll.
(b) Drugs, bad habits, and fashion trends.
(c) Liars, fakes, and pretty women.
(d) Pictures, ambition, and fear.

8. In Chapter Nine, what do Al and his friends debate over when they go out for drinks?
(a) Where Sammy is from.
(b) Whether or not Al will ever make it big.
(c) Whether or not Rosalie Goldbaum has passed away.
(d) When Sammy will leave Hollywood.

9. Why does Sammy ask Sheik to be his assistant when they are adults?
(a) Sammy wants to prove his success.
(b) He feels sorry for Sheik.
(c) Sammy's brother forces him to employ Sheik.
(d) He needs someone who understands his social class background.

10. What does Sammy tell Al when Al asks him if he loves Ruth Mintz?
(a) He would rather have Kit.
(b) He says she is the woman of his dreams.
(c) He doesn't know what love is.
(d) He asks how he would have time to love anyone.

11. How does Harrington feel about Sammy marrying his daughter?
(a) He tells Sammy he wishes him the best of luck, but doesn't want him in his life.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is pleased.
(d) He doesn't believe it will work out.

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

13. Why does Sammy call Billie in Chapter Twelve?
(a) He wants her to make his wife jealous.
(b) He needs her to act in his new movie.
(c) He wants to have an affair with her.
(d) Al admits it's Billie he's really in love with and not Kit.

14. Why does Laurette think Sammy married her?
(a) He will inherit her money.
(b) He needs saved.
(c) So she can play the role of a hostess.
(d) Because they sincerely love one another.

15. In Chapter Seven, how does Al believe Kit views their relationship?
(a) Romantically.
(b) As only being related to The Screen Writer's Guild.
(c) As an intimate friendship.
(d) He doesn't know how to read her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, when they are at lunch, what news does Julian give to Al and Sammy?

2. What is Sidney Fineman's last movie about?

3. What does Kit propose at The Guild meeting in Chapter Eight?

4. In Chapter Eleven, how does Kit feel about Sammy's film?

5. In the conclusion of the book. what does Al say he hopes for Sammy's life?

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