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

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

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

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

5. What is Charlie's original family name?
(a) Sistine.
(b) Cistrain.
(c) Sistrine.
(d) Tsitrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Lucy due back from Nevada?

2. Where does Cantabile tell Charlie to meet him with the money?

3. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?

4. Why does Charlie's friend tell him that he should not give the man demanding $450 the money?

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

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