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

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

3. Who is responsible for Life magazine commissioning an article from Charlie?
(a) Renata.
(b) Denise.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Demmie.

4. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?
(a) A last love note from Denise.
(b) A threatening note from Cantabile.
(c) A poem that Humboldt wrote.
(d) A rejection of his latest writing submission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does someone who calls Charlie in the middle of the night say that Charlie owes him $450?

2. Where is Charlie's family originally from?

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

4. What is Charlie's original family name?

5. Who does Charlie find at the Russian Baths and is happy that it is not George Siewell?

(see the answer key)

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