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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) Rearrange the studio and set up appointments.
(c) Complete a project on the life of Thomas Masaryk.
(d) Rewrite a documentary on Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

4. When Al goes to meet him, what is Sammy being measured for in Chapter Ten?
(a) A hat.
(b) A costume for a play.
(c) A three piece suit.
(d) Shoes.

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

6. In Chapter Ten, why does Al think Sammy asks him to help with his picture?
(a) Because Sammy has lost his connections with everyone else.
(b) Al thinks Sammy is using him the way he used Julian.
(c) Al believes Sammy is taking on too big of a project and that Sammy feels unsure of himself.
(d) Sammy owes Al a favor from a long time ago.

7. How does Al feel about going back to Hollywood in Chapter Ten?
(a) As if he doesn't know what is waiting for him.
(b) He is afraid he is a heel, but he knows he has to go so he can get back to Kit.
(c) He wants to do it right this time.
(d) Sick to his stomach.

8. What does Al tell Mrs. Glickstein when she asks about Sammy in Chapter Nine?
(a) Sammy is doing well and Sammy is always thinking of her.
(b) Sammy is never satisfied.
(c) Sammy is a liar and he'll get what he deserves.
(d) Sammy holds himself on a pedestal.

9. 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 a phony.
(d) He is honored to work with him.

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Kit think Hollywood is a tough place to work and live?
(a) Hollywood has turned into a violent city.
(b) Everyone is rushing to hit the jackpot.
(c) Nothing can be predicted.
(d) People are too easy to see through in Hollywood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Sammy tricked by Laurette when she says she was looking at pictures all day in Chapter Eleven?

2. Why does Laurette think Sammy married her?

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

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

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

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