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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. What does Charlie receive in the mail from Kathleen?
(a) Just a letter.
(b) The new movie script.
(c) Another envelope from Humboldt.
(d) A check.

2. Who comes to tell Charlie that Stronson has dropped the charges against him?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Szathmar.
(c) The cop in Stronson's office.
(d) Stronson's receptionist.

3. Who does Charlie go to Paris with?
(a) Rinaldo.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) La Senora.

4. Who is Julius's wife?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Ulick.
(c) Menasha.
(d) Miriam.

5. What is Guido Stronson trying to do that has Rinaldo furious?
(a) Scam the Mafia
(b) Put a hit on Rinaldo.
(c) Make a move on Polly.
(d) Murder Judge Urbanovich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Renata end up taking from Charlie as she leaves The Oak Room?

2. What offer from the movie people does Charlie turn down?

3. What happens to Roger while in Madrid?

4. Where does Kathleen invite Charlie to go?

5. Who shows up unannounced at Charlie's door in Madrid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader come to realize how close Humboldt must have felt towards Uncle Waldemar?

2. What thoughts does Charlie have during the intermission of a Christmas Pageant he is attending with his children?

3. Why does Charlie feel compelled to continue the work of the dead?

4. How does Charlie's theory that some people have no use for their gifts and can think only of overcoming their weaknesses apply to Charlie and Humboldt?

5. According to Humboldt's letter to Charlie, why does Charlie figure so prominently in his obsessions?

6. What are Charlie's and Julius's feelings about death?

7. What happens to Corcoran's outlook when he repeats his romantic trip with his wife?

8. When Charlie offers to put up the ransom for the return of Pierre, how does he expect to be repaid?

9. How does Corcoran in the "Treatment" end up losing even though his book is a great success?

10. Why does Charlie believe that he cannot ask Renata to accompany him and the two older men from the nursing home out to lunch?

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