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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 the Whole Sick Crew listen to at a jazz bar in Chapter 2?
(a) McClintic Sphere.
(b) Dr. Schoenmaker.
(c) Paola Mijstral.
(d) Rachel Owglass.

2. When Benny goes down to the ship's deck to warm up, what does he play with the night watchman?
(a) Darts.
(b) Chess.
(c) A game of cat and mouse.
(d) Backgammon.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Heroic Love require according to the record executive's wife?
(a) It requires altruism.
(b) It requires self-sacrifice.
(c) It requires scary feats of human courage.
(d) It requires couples to have sex several times a night in varying positions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pilot who needed facial reconstruction?

2. On the last night before he leaves the Catskills, what does Benny see Rachel doing when he goes to talk to her?

3. Who is the world adventurer looking for?

4. Who does Rachel live with in her apartment?

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

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