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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a movie company hire Tigler?
(a) To be the horse expert.
(b) As an extra.
(c) To use his dude ranch as background scenery.
(d) To direct certain cowboy scenes.

2. Who does Cantabile bring with him to visit Charlie?
(a) Renata.
(b) Denise.
(c) His wife.
(d) His wife's friend from college.

3. What is anthroposophy?
(a) The study of man's spiritual relationship to nature.
(b) The study of anthropods.
(c) An orthopedists's assistant.
(d) A procedure done with a needle and scope.

4. Where does Cantabile want Charlie to go with him once they meet in the street outside the Baths?
(a) To his car.
(b) To a deserted alley.
(c) To the bathroom.
(d) To the sauna.

5. In which decade did Von Humboldt Fleisher publish his book of ballads?
(a) The Twenties.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) The Forties.
(d) The Thirties.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Cantabile approaches Thaxter and Charlie, what does he want Charlie to do?

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

4. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?

5. Why does Cantabile stay behind in the bathroom after speaking with Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Humboldt cashes in Charlie's "blood-brother" check. How is this done at a very bad time in Charlie's life?

2. What does meeting Naomi Lutz, Charlie's school-days' sweetheart, lead him to thoughts of?

3. What does Humboldt believe Kathleen's father did to her to keep her away from Humboldt?

4. What does Canabile seem to want from Charlie other than help for his wife?

5. Why does Pierre Thaxter rush to get into Cantabile's car and forgo buying the fish knives he had set out to purchase?

6. Which of Charlie's family members does he briefly compare Langobardi to?

7. Why does George's beryllium mining scheme not seem as far-fetched to Charlie now as it once did?

8. How is Humboldt acting towards Kathleen after he loses the poetry chair at Princeton?

9. Charlie plays racquetball with Vito LangobardiIn, a big-time hoodlum. In what way is Charlie attached to Vito?

10. What is the difference between Charlie's ex-wife, Denise, and his new girlfriend, Renata?

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