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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Sammy dressed like when Al goes to see him for the first time in Hollywood?
2. What is Sammy's advice to Al regarding work in Chapter Three?
3. What does Julian ask of Al in Chapter Five?
4. In Chapter Six, what does Al help Julian with?
5. How does Al feel about the script that Sammy makes up on the spot in Chapter Four?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sammy react to Al when Al approaches him about Julian in Chapter Six?
2. Describe what Al and Kit talk about when they go to Kit's house in Chapter Seven.
3. Describe Sammy's behavior at the Brown Derby after the premier of "Girl Steals Boy."
4. Describe what happens to The Guild by the end of Chapter Eight and why it happens.
5. Describe the first interaction between Sammy and Laurette Harrington.
6. What is the back story of the movie producer, Sidney Fineman?
7. Why does Sammy call Al a chump when Al first arrives in Hollywood?
8. In Chapter Twelve, when Sammy invites Al over in the middle of the night, he is in shock. What has caused Sammy to have this emotional breakdown?
9. What happens between Sammy and Fineman at the preview of Sammy's movie in Chapter Eleven?
10. How does Al feel when he first returns to New York?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the story, Sammy frequently buys new shoes. What is the significance of Sammy's new shoes? Consider what the shoes represent symbolically and literally.
Essay Topic 2
Consider the women characters in "What Makes Sammy Run?" What does Rosalie Goldbaum represent? What does Kit represent? Why are the two women important in the understanding of Sammy Glick's character? Discuss the women's relationships with Sammy.
Essay Topic 3
Al Manheim is fascinated by Sammy Glick's motivated attitude. Al constantly asks himself the same question, "What Makes Sammy Run?" Sammy's running is symbolic. Discuss the significance of this. Answer Al's question of what makes Sammy run. Consider discussing themes of societal pressure, greed and success.
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