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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Through p. 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Orlando Huggins?
(a) Kathleen's third husband.
(b) The game warden in Nevada.
(c) Kathleen's divorce lawyer.
(d) The executor of Humboldt's estate.

3. Who mentions the author, Rudolf Steiner, to Charlie?
(a) Durnwald.
(b) Denise.
(c) Cantabile.
(d) Humboldt.

4. Whose newspaper column does Charlie Citrine appear in according to Cantabile's early edition of the morning's paper?
(a) Mike LaSalle's.
(b) Mike Lucik's.
(c) Avery Schriber's.
(d) Mike Schneiderman's.

5. What did Charlie's friend, Menasha, always want to be?
(a) An opera singer.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A writer.
(d) An electrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business does Frank Tigler own?

2. What does Charlie ask Renata to do for him when they see the wheelchairs on the porch of the nursing home?

3. Who comes to tell Charlie that Stronson has dropped the charges against him?

4. What does Charlie tell Waldemar could be in the envelope Humboldt left for him?

5. As Charlie recalls the old days, what profound topic does Charlie ruminate on during his wait to be called by the bailiff from the jury pool?

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