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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 Four, what conclusion does Al come to about his friendship with Sammy?
(a) He will always look up to him.
(b) He will never fully know Sammy or understand him.
(c) Sammy is to unpredictable and hard to get along with.
(d) Al thinks of Sammy as his best friend and his worst enemy.

2. Al calls Sammy when he first arrives in Hollywood in Chapter Three. What does Sammy talk to him about?
(a) His new girlfriend.
(b) The next big break he will make.
(c) Selling out to a big corporation.
(d) Al's salary being unsatisfactory.

3. How does Al describe Julian in Chapter Five?
(a) Nebbish: the kind of person that is easily forgotten.
(b) Confused, insecure yet unforgettable.
(c) Over-eager.
(d) A person with great strength.

4. What does Al say he gives Sammy tips on?
(a) Grammar and what to read.
(b) How to dress.
(c) Where to sell his work.
(d) Steps to getting a promotion.

5. What surprises Al about Hollywood?
(a) The city is not unlike a village in its psychology.
(b) The city is full of fakers.
(c) The city both gives and takes.
(d) The city is a volcano waiting to erupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sammy respond when Al tells him he will try to get him a job as a cub reporter?

2. In Chapter Six, what does Kit try to convince Al to do?

3. What title does Sammy sell the manuscript under in Chapter Two?

4. Why is Sammy comfortable in Hollywood?

5. After they are intimate, what question does Al ask Billie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the back story of the movie producer, Sidney Fineman?

2. In Chapter Four, when Sammy, Al, and their dates arrive at The Back Lot, what happens?

3. What does Al find out about Sammy's childhood, particularly Sammy's feelings about the Jewish faith?

4. Why does Julian ask Al to meet him for lunch in Chapter Six?

5. Why does Al compare Sammy to a time bomb ticking in his brain in Chapter Six?

6. How does Kit resolve Julian's employment problem in Chapter Six?

7. What is Billie's explanation when Al asks her if she would ever be with Sammy?

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

9. By Chapter Three why does Al want to go to Hollywood?

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

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