View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charlie tell Polly about his medal of honor?
(a) It is the highest honor given in France.
(b) He fought bravely for it.
(c) It is a kind of phony one.
(d) It is akin to being knighted.

2. Why does Charlie spend several months in South America near the Orinoco River?
(a) He is researching a new play.
(b) He is looking for Demmie Vonghel's body.
(c) He goes there on a long vacation.
(d) He has gone to meet Demmie's father.

3. While sitting trapped in Cantabile's car, Charlie thinks of a philosophical conversation he often had with someone. Who is this person?
(a) Pierre Thaxter.
(b) His father.
(c) Dr. Scheldt.
(d) Von Humboldt Fleisher.

4. What is the name of the man that Charlie gave a check to and then stopped payment on it?
(a) Morris Eller.
(b) Rinaldo Cantabile.
(c) Bill Thompson.
(d) George Swiebel.

5. What does Renata think of Cantabile's suggestion that he rub out Denise for Charlie?
(a) Charlie might be rubbed out next.
(b) It's not a bad idea.
(c) She should call the police.
(d) It's horrifying.

6. What does Cantabile offer to give Charlie while in his apartment?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A share of stock.
(c) Money.
(d) A gun.

7. How does Frank Tigler die?
(a) He is caught in the middle of a shoot-out.
(b) He drowns in Volcano Lake.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) Indians kills him.

8. What film director did Humboldt admire?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) David Lynch.
(c) Preston Sturges.
(d) Orson Welles.

9. Why does Cantabile take Charlie to the Playboy Club?
(a) He needs to relax in the sauna.
(b) To meet Mike Schneiderman.
(c) To finally collect his money.
(d) To have a few drinks together.

10. How does Citrine first get in touch with Humboldt?
(a) He writes him a letter.
(b) They meet on a Greyhound bus.
(c) He telephones him.
(d) He meets him in a bar.

11. What disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Polio.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Leukemia.

12. What information does Charlie want from Langobadi?
(a) Where he gets his shirts.
(b) To know how dangerous Cantabile is.
(c) How deep into the Mob he is.
(d) Who styles his hair.

13. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?
(a) A rejection of his latest writing submission.
(b) A last love note from Denise.
(c) A threatening note from Cantabile.
(d) A poem that Humboldt wrote.

14. Why does Charlie think Cantabile hopes to see George at the Baths?
(a) To apologize for cheating at poker.
(b) He misses George.
(c) So he can hurt George.
(d) To get money from George.

15. Who is President of the United States when Charlie and his then-wife, Denise, are invited to the White House?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie want to do when Scaccia demands money from him on behalf of Humboldt?

2. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?

3. What adjective does Judge Urbanovich use to refer to Charlie in his chambers?

4. When Humboldt calls Charlie at the Bellasco Theatre from Bellvue, what does he want?

5. Why does someone who calls Charlie in the middle of the night say that Charlie owes him $450?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 569 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample