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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 does Benny meet on the subway in New York?
(a) A crazy hobo.
(b) A waif.
(c) Tolito, Jose and Kook.
(d) A hungry child.

2. Who does Rachel see sneaking out of the apartment in her coat?
(a) Mafia.
(b) Paola.
(c) Winsome.
(d) Esther.

3. What does Pig Bodine tell Benny about the couple Pappy Hod and Paolo?
(a) They split.
(b) They were arriving.
(c) They were happy together.
(d) They were fighting.

4. Who is a patient of Dr. Schoenmaker that Rachel pays the bill for?
(a) Jill Odenbecker.
(b) Paola Malta.
(c) Benny Profane.
(d) Esther Harvitz.

5. What appalling act does Fina do that Profane abhors?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Shoots heroin.
(c) Lies.
(d) Offers herself to an entire gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Angel's sister offer to Profane that he rejects?

2. Who is Fina?

3. When the police arrive at the bar, where do Profane, Pig and Paola flee to?

4. Who is Esther's lover?

5. What is the name of the tavern that Benny Profane enters in Norfolk, Virginia on Christmas Eve, 1955?

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