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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. What is the name of the private eye Humboldt hired?
(a) Hobbes.
(b) Boehme.
(c) Scaccia.
(d) Magnasco.

2. Which government official does Charlie spend five days with while writing an article for Life magazine?
(a) Senator Eugene McCarthy.
(b) Mayor RIchard Daley.
(c) Senator Robert Kennedy.
(d) Senator Jacob Javits.

3. What does Gaylord Koffritz bore George's father, Myron, with in the Russian Baths?
(a) Stories of the old days.
(b) The best way to shave without nicking one's self.
(c) Sales pitches of cemeteries and mausoleums.
(d) How he wore a hole in Renata's car.

4. What does Cantabile ultimately do with most of the money Charlie gives him?
(a) He rips the money into tiny pieces and makes Charlie eat it.
(b) He gives it all back to Charlie.
(c) He folds the bills into planes and drops them from a tall building.
(d) He buys a couple of watches from an old man.

5. In which decade did Von Humboldt Fleisher publish his book of ballads?
(a) The Thirties.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) The Twenties.
(d) The Forties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie's original family name?

2. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?

3. Who is Forrest Tomchek?

4. What is Canatbile's wife doing her doctoral thesis on?

5. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?

(see the answer key)

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