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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, what is Al hired to do at his new job?
(a) Sell Kit's work.
(b) Rewrite a documentary on Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Rearrange the studio and set up appointments.
(d) Complete a project on the life of Thomas Masaryk.

2. Where did Sammy get his name?
(a) The kids on the playground changed it for him.
(b) His elementary school teacher gave it to him.
(c) His mother changed it for him when he got beat up in school.
(d) When he was three and a half he changed it to the name of the neighbor kid.

3. What is Sidney Fineman's last movie about?
(a) Sammy and Laurette.
(b) Al and Sammy.
(c) His own life.
(d) A farmer and his wife.

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Julian want to discuss with Kit and Al when he invites them to his house?
(a) Coming out about Sammy's unfair practices.
(b) Starting a business together.
(c) A contract he was offered.
(d) Starting a new guild.

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

6. 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.

7. What rumor follows Sidney Fineman's death?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He stole Sammy's idea for his last movie.
(c) He hated his life.
(d) Sammy posioned him.

8. 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) The Guild makes him feel whole.
(d) It hasn't discovered its place in Hollywood.

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(a) Unpublished writers and writers who are still in school.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

10. In Chapter Eleven, how does Kit feel about Sammy's film?
(a) She says it stinks.
(b) She thinks it's over acted but might make some money.
(c) She says it is a pretty good movie.
(d) She recognizes plagarism.

11. 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.

12. In Chapter Nine. what does Sammy's brother, Israel, tell Al about the relationship Sammy had with their father?
(a) Sammy broke their father's heart.
(b) When their father was alive Sammy was a different person, but he became greedy once he was gone.
(c) Sammy had respect for his father and the respect was mutual.
(d) Sammy was the favorite child from the start.

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

14. How is Sammy tricked by Laurette when she says she was looking at pictures all day in Chapter Eleven?
(a) He believes she is trying to flatter him.
(b) She is lying to get him to fall in love with her.
(c) He thinks she is talking about the movies.
(d) She reels him in so that she can hurt him later.

15. In Chapter Eight, who does Al get a job with?
(a) The Writer's Guild.
(b) Sidney Fineman.
(c) The New York Reporter.
(d) The L.A. Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Al propose to Kit in Chapter Twelve?

2. Why does Kit think Hollywood is a tough place to work and live?

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

4. In Chapter Eleven, who does Sammy stand up for when he talks to Harrington?

5. What is Sheik's new reputation in Hollywood?

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