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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter Twelve, when Al says he was waiting for justice to rise over Sammy, what does he mean?
(a) He is willing Sammy's death.
(b) He wants Sammy to get what is coming to him.
(c) He hopes Sammy will go to jail.
(d) He hopes Sammy gets the best.

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(b) Unpublished writers and writers who are still in school.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

5. How does Sammy's brother, Israel, feel about his own job at The Settlement?
(a) As if he is tied down and does not care about his work.
(b) As if he can never get enough work done because poverty is an endless cycle.
(c) As if he is making a difference and things will improve.
(d) He wishes he had Sammy's job.

6. Why does Sammy ask Al to take Kit to the opening night of Sammy's play, "Live Wire?"
(a) Sammy is trying to make Kit fall in love with Al.
(b) Because he won't have time to socialize with Kit.
(c) Because Sammy has a date with Rita Royce.
(d) He feels sorry for Al.

7. In Chapter Eleven, what happens between Sammy and Laurette at the party?
(a) She tells him about a secret deal then leaves.
(b) They are both charmed by one another.
(c) She slaps him in the face because he offends her.
(d) He is threatened by her so he has Al talk to her.

8. What does Kit propose at The Guild meeting in Chapter Eight?
(a) An official debate with The Author's League.
(b) The Guild shut down for the time being.
(c) The Guild agree to affiliation with the Author's League.
(d) An expansion for The Guild.

9. Why did Sheik beat up Sammy every day of their childhood?
(a) Sammy made fun of him.
(b) Sheik bullied everyone.
(c) Sammy stole from his family.
(d) Because Sammy is Jewish.

10. What do Al and Kit talk about when they walk to the beach?
(a) Running away together.
(b) The state of The Writer's Guild.
(c) Selling out to write for a bigger corporation.
(d) Sammy's success.

11. Who greets Al when Al goes to Sammy's apartment in New York in Chapter Ten?
(a) Kit.
(b) Sammy himself.
(c) Sheik Duncan, Sammy's childhood arch bully.
(d) Israel Glickstein, Sammy's brother.

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

13. What does Sidney Fineman do for Kit and Sammy?
(a) He is a top producer and he oversees their projects.
(b) He sells their work to underground agents.
(c) He is a dirty agent and he's done them wrong.
(d) He is their financial advisor and he steals their money.

14. In Chapter Eleven, who does Sammy stand up for when he talks to Harrington?
(a) Al Manheim.
(b) Himself.
(c) Sidney Fineman.
(d) Laurette Harrington.

15. How does Sammy react to Al having gone to see his mother?
(a) He cannot understand why Al would do such a thing.
(b) He tells Al he is a sweet guy to go through the trouble.
(c) He doesn't bring the subject up with Al.
(d) He is creeped out by Al's actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after The Guild meeting in Chapter Eight?

2. What does Sammy tell Al when Al asks him if he loves Ruth Mintz?

3. In Chapter Eight, who does Al get a job with?

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Sammy insist on Al's first day at his new job?

5. In Chapter Twelve, what does Sammy reveal to Al about Laurette?

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