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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, In which Esther gets a nose job, Chapter 5, in which Stencil goes West with an alligator, and Chapter 6, In which Profane returns to street level.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Benny's boss who wishes he was a union organizer?
(a) Angel.
(b) Evan.
(c) Schoenmaker.
(d) Zeitsuss.

2. What is a strange habit of the seaman who Benny recognizes in the bar from the Navy?
(a) He chews his foot.
(b) He sleeps upside down.
(c) He likes to bite the buttocks of barmaids.
(d) He wears a toupe.

3. How and where was Stencil shot?
(a) He was hit in the buttock by the shotgun blast.
(b) He was shot in the leg with a rifle.
(c) He was shot in the arm with a tranquilizer.
(d) He was shot in the face with a .45 muzzle.

4. Who is Porpentine?
(a) One of the Englishmen at the cafe who is a guest at the consulate party.
(b) A British spy.
(c) A lover of Victoria Wren.
(d) A fake prisoner.

5. What happens during "suck hour" at the bar?
(a) Sailors can drink from rubber breasts attached to beer taps.
(b) Seamen curl up and sleep.
(c) People fight over drinks.
(d) Everyone gets a lollipop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Waldetar see crying?

2. Who is the world adventurer at the party that Rachel attends?

3. Who does Benny meet on the subway in New York?

4. Why does Profane leave Angel and the rest of the crew?

5. In a cafe in Egypt, what does the waiter P. Aieul hear two Englishmen talk about?

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