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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Through p. 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Citrine first get in touch with Humboldt?
(a) He writes him a letter.
(b) He telephones him.
(c) They meet on a Greyhound bus.
(d) He meets him in a bar.

2. What is Charlie worried Renata will do if he is locked up in jail?
(a) Find another man.
(b) Steal his money.
(c) Try to break him out of jail.
(d) Rob a bank to bail him out.

3. When Cantabile approaches Thaxter and Charlie, what does he want Charlie to do?
(a) Take him to the Arts Museum.
(b) Go to lunch with him and Polly.
(c) Introduce Thaxter to him.
(d) Get into the car.

4. What is it that Charlie believes Cantabile loves to make?
(a) Plans to join the Mafia.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Conversation with Charlie.
(d) Threats.

5. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?
(a) He writes a best-selling novel.
(b) He writes a film score.
(c) He wins the Nobel Prize.
(d) He writes a Broadway play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose long letters does Charlie read while waiting on jury duty?

2. What film director did Humboldt admire?

3. What does Charlie promise to do for Waldemar even if the papers contain nothing valuable?

4. For how many years are Humboldt and Citrine estranged?

5. What is Charlie's original family name?

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