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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who paid the passage on the ship in Chapter 6, The Coast of Africa?
(a) Albertina.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Desiderio.
(d) The Count.

2. Desiderio discovers in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight that the peepshow proprietor was Dr. Hoffman's what?
(a) Brother.
(b) Partner.
(c) Professor.
(d) Father.

3. What persona does Desiderio take on as a disguise in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Mendoza's nephew.
(b) The Professor's nephew.
(c) Albertina's brother.
(d) The Professor's brother.

4. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Dollar bills.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Trash.
(d) Coupons.

5. What did not really exist, according to Desiderio's Minister in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) The world.
(b) Desiderio.
(c) The boat.
(d) The house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desiderio's fiance begin doing after the engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Whose mother led to the falling out between Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman?

3. Who is in a coma in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

4. Desiderio's Minister saved a man by doing what in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

5. What does Desiderio do which earns him the title of hero among the River People?

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