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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Five, when he's talking to Kit, what does Al compare Sammy to?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A boomerang.
(c) A yo yo.
(d) A train.

2. How does Al feel about what Sammy has done to Rosalie?
(a) Al is tempted to punch Sammy in the face.
(b) He thinks Rosalie got what she deserved.
(c) Al wants to stay out of the picture.
(d) He wants Rosalie to get justice for Sammy's wrong-doings.

3. How does Al liken himself to Sammy?
(a) They are both columnists, Jewish, and American.
(b) They will both stop at nothing to get ahead.
(c) They are both originally from another country and started their life in the slums.
(d) They have nothing in common.

4. Why do people believe Sammy's lies?
(a) His good looks fool people.
(b) He is confident.
(c) He is an actor.
(d) He lacks social grace, but manages to charm people.

5. What does Al mean when he says his own voice is filled with inadequacy?
(a) He has lost his voice.
(b) He is incapable of being creative.
(c) Everything he tries to express is absurd.
(d) He is unable to argue with pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Al go to see Kit in Chapter Six?

2. In Chapter Four, when Al and Billie dance, what does she say about Sammy Glick?

3. What surprises Al about Hollywood?

4. When they are talking at lunch, what does Julian confess to Al that Sammy has stolen?

5. What does Al think of Catherine Sargent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe who Sheik Duncan is and why his character is relevant to Sammy's past.

2. Why doesn't Al want to join The Guild?

3. In Chapter Five, when Al asks Kit why Hollywood lets Sammy get away with his work, how does Kit answer?

4. In Chapter Ten, Al describes Sheik as an example of Sammy's endless revenge. What does he mean by that statement?

5. When Sammy asks Al what he thinks of his play "Live Wire," what does Al say?

6. What does Billie say when Al confesses his love to her?

7. What happens when the producer, Collier, brings up the South Seas picture, "Monsoon" to Sammy in Chapter Four?

8. After Sammy talks to the agent about Julian's manuscript, in Chapter Two, Al asks Sammy if he is scared. Then Al asks him what he was thinking of. How does Sammy answer?

9. What happens when Al makes a mistake in his article?

10. Why is there tension at The Guild meeting in Chapter Seven?

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