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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Ten, how does Al feel about meeting up with Sammy?
(a) Worried about the next stunt Sammy will pull.
(b) Curious as to why Sammy would want to see him again.
(c) He doesn't think Sammy can haunt him anymore so he feels as if he will be entertained.
(d) Sick to his stomach.

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

3. In Chapter Ten, what does Al say Hollywood is full of?
(a) Beaches, bars, and women who are willing to dress up to play the part.
(b) Washups, drunks, addicts and the real stuff.
(c) Phonies, mediocrities, dictators, and good men who have lost their way.
(d) Actors, directors, and car salesmen.

4. 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) People in Hollywood don't know when they are enjoying themselves.
(b) They are depressed.
(c) They don't have feelings because of their experiences in Hollywood.
(d) Satisfaction is impossible.

5. 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 drunkenly proclaims his love for her.
(d) He asks her if she loves Julian.

6. In Chapter Eight, why does Al say it was a month he would never forget in Hollywood?
(a) Julian passes away and Al knows the time has come to leave.
(b) Al gets offered the deal of a lifetime: $80,000.00 for a play he wrote.
(c) Al and Sammy part ways.
(d) Sammy got a good money deal for his play and he thinks it sums up how Hollywood is: a crazy and hopeful place.

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

8. How does Al feel about his first project at his new job in Chapter Eight?
(a) Al learns Fineman is a talented producer and he's enthusiastic to work with him.
(b) He is intimidated by everyone.
(c) He is full of distrust and wonders when he will get ahead.
(d) Al doesn't care what he has to do. He is happy to have any kind of work.

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

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

11. What does Al propose to Kit in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Professional partnership.
(b) She take flying lessons.
(c) Marriage.
(d) They sabotage Sammy's life.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Sammy have his Bar-mitzvah?

2. Where does Al work when he returns to New York?

3. In Chapter Nine. what does Sammy's brother, Israel, tell Al about the relationship Sammy had with their father?

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

5. How does Al feel about going back to Hollywood in Chapter Ten?

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