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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 does Sammy do when he sees the mistake in Al's article?
2. What is Al's impression of Rosalie when the two meet for dinner in Chapter Three?
3. At the end of Chapter Two, why does Al stand at the window?
4. In Chapter Two, what is Al's reaction when Sammy tells him how much they offer for the manuscript?
5. After they are intimate, what question does Al ask Billie?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Al ask Sammy if he has any shame in Chapter Two?
2. When Sammy asks Al what he thinks of his play "Live Wire," what does Al say?
3. What happens when Al makes a mistake in his article?
4. In Chapter Eight, after he reads about Sammy's payment for his play, why does Al ask Sammy if he can console him?
5. What happens when the producer, Collier, brings up the South Seas picture, "Monsoon" to Sammy in Chapter Four?
6. What is Kit and Sammy's first interaction with one another like?
7. Describe who Sheik Duncan is and why his character is relevant to Sammy's past.
8. What is the back story of the movie producer, Sidney Fineman?
9. What happens between Sammy and Fineman at the preview of Sammy's movie in Chapter Eleven?
10. In Chapter Four, how does Al react when Kit tells him she has met "Sammy Glicks" before? And what does Kit mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the theater in the novel, "What Makes Sammy Run?" Consider the way Sammy has plagiarized on more than one occasion and the way he has stolen others' ideas. Explore the theme of theater and "real life" in the novel-- how do the two come together and how do the two remain separate entities?
Essay Topic 2
The role of victim and hero appear in various ways throughout the novel. Chose two characters from "What Makes Sammy Run?" and explore the ways in which each character plays both the hero and the victim.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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