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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 did George Swiebell do before he began his contracting business?
(a) He was an actor.
(b) He wrote for a newspaper.
(c) He was a singer.
(d) He was a salesman.

2. What disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. Why does Charlie's friend tell him that he should not give the man demanding $450 the money?
(a) Charlie paid too much for a car he bought fom him.
(b) The suit Charlie bought from him was a knock-off.
(c) The man is a racketeer.
(d) He cheated Charlie at poker.

4. Charlie ruminates over Humboldt's obituary which appears in which newspaper?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Sun Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Los Angeles Times.

5. What college does Charlie Citrine attend?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) University of Iowa.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) University of Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Charlie want from Langobadi?

2. What is the name of the man that Charlie gave a check to and then stopped payment on it?

3. What ultimately happens to Humboldt's chair position at Princeton?

4. What is the reason Magnasco does not want to call the police on Humboldt?

5. When Humboldt and Kathleen visit Charlie after Humboldt had just given a reading at Yale, what does Kathleen intimate to Charlie she plans to do?

(see the answer key)

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