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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Through p. 169.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Charlie's Mercedes-Benz one night in Chicago?
(a) It is stolen.
(b) It is painted over.
(c) It is attacked with what appears to be baseball bats.
(d) It is ticketed.

2. Who is the poker game at George's house organized around?
(a) Rinaldo and his cousin.
(b) Charlie.
(c) An undertaker.
(d) The tuxedo-renting Lithuanian.

3. Why does Charlie think Cantabile hopes to see George at the Baths?
(a) To apologize for cheating at poker.
(b) So he can hurt George.
(c) He misses George.
(d) To get money from George.

4. What is the title of of Von Humboldt Fleisher's book of ballads?
(a) Harlequin Ballads.
(b) Ballads of Love.
(c) Timaeus.
(d) From Hagel to Marx.

5. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?
(a) A nearby police officer.
(b) A group of lesbians dressed like longshoremen.
(c) Charlie Citrine.
(d) The staff of Howard Johnson's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?

2. Where does Cantabile want Charlie to go with him once they meet in the street outside the Baths?

3. Where is Charlie's family originally from?

4. Why does Humboldt sneak into Dr. Longstaff's private elevator and have a meeting with him?

5. What disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?

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