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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. Why does Cantabile bring Charlie with him to visit Stronson?
(a) For kicks.
(b) To watch Rinaldo threaten Stronson.
(c) To pretend to be a hit man.
(d) To impress Pierre.

2. Whose long letters does Charlie read while waiting on jury duty?
(a) George Swiebell's.
(b) Humboldt's.
(c) Demmie's.
(d) Pierre Thaxter's.

3. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?
(a) Demmie.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Humboldt.
(d) Denise.

4. What is Humboldt's gift?
(a) An Oldsmobile.
(b) A pawn check for Oriental rugs.
(c) A treatment for a screenplay.
(d) A love letter from Kathleen.

5. For how many years are Humboldt and Citrine estranged?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Cantabile have that makes Charlie point his gun at him?

2. How much money does the Judge believe Charlie can afford to pay Denise each year?

3. Charlie ruminates over Humboldt's obituary which appears in which newspaper?

4. How does Frank Tigler die?

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

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