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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, Through p. 236.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?
(a) To find a wife.
(b) To make some money.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To spy on his father.

2. Why does someone who calls Charlie in the middle of the night say that Charlie owes him $450?
(a) Charlie never paid the man for a suit he bought.
(b) He won it from Charlie in a poker game.
(c) He loaned Charlie money that he now wants back.
(d) It is the money Charlie still owes on a car he bought.

3. What does Humboldt tell Charlie he is charging him with in a lawsuit?
(a) Theft.
(b) Breach of contract.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Adultery.

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

5. How much money does Charlie lose at the poker game, including what he loses to Rinaldo?
(a) Four hundred fifty dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Six hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantabile offer to give Charlie while in his apartment?

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

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

4. Who arranges for Renata and Charlie to get together at a subway bar?

5. When is Lucy due back from Nevada?

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