Humboldt's Gift Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Humboldt's Gift Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlie's only real asset?
(a) His brain.
(b) His car.
(c) His books.
(d) His home.

2. What does Ezekiel Kamuttu, George's guide to the Olduval Gorge, claim to own?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Azurite minerals.
(c) Alium stones.
(d) Beryllium stones.

3. 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.

4. Why does Cantabile stay behind in the bathroom after speaking with Charlie?
(a) To rethink the conversation.
(b) To retrieve his bullets.
(c) To use the facilities.
(d) To finish shaving.

5. Who is Signor Caldofreddo?
(a) An associate of Cantabile's.
(b) Humboldt's personal physician.
(c) Charlie's tailor.
(d) A character in Humboldt and Charlie's movie script.

6. What did George Swiebell do before he began his contracting business?
(a) He wrote for a newspaper.
(b) He was a salesman.
(c) He was a singer.
(d) He was an actor.

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

8. Where does Cantabile tell Charlie to meet him with the money?
(a) The Carnegie Deli.
(b) The Downtown Club.
(c) The Belasco.
(d) The Russian Bath.

9. Whose long boring dinners, as Djilas describes them, does Charlie think of?
(a) Stalin's.
(b) Roosevelt's.
(c) Churchill's.
(d) Hitler's.

10. What does Charlie want to do when Scaccia demands money from him on behalf of Humboldt?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Tell him off.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Call Humboldt.

11. Who is Desperate Ambrose?
(a) A little kid in the funnies.
(b) An old film star from the twentie's.
(c) A mafiosa friend of Cantabile's.
(d) A man wanted by the FBI.

12. Where does Humboldt end up dying?
(a) On the streets.
(b) A hotel in Times Square.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) On a plane.

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

14. What does Charlie tell Renata he is considering selling due to its current high value?
(a) His destroyed Mercedes.
(b) His Oriental rugs.
(c) His autographed book by Humboldt.
(d) His apartment.

15. Who is Gaylord Koffritz?
(a) Denise's lawyer.
(b) Renata's former husband.
(c) A dear friend of Charlie's.
(d) The judge at the divorce trial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Charlie spend several months in South America near the Orinoco River?

3. How does Frank Tigler die?

4. What kind of flower does Charlie see Rinaldo as?

5. How does Citrine first get in touch with Humboldt?

(see the answer keys)

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