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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. Where does Benny find Paola after spending time with the night watchman?
(a) Standing on the beam.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) On the deck.
(d) At the ferry.

2. What is the name of the rat that the priest describes in his journal as wanting to be a sister?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Paola.
(c) V.
(d) Rachel.

3. How does Yusef the anarchist gain access at the consulate party in order to gain information about the British?
(a) He works the punch table.
(b) He hides in the raft beams.
(c) He dates the ambassador's daughter.
(d) He breaks the lock.

4. What apparently had Paola done by marrying Pappy Hod?
(a) Cheat on her husband.
(b) Come to America.
(c) Overcome her alcoholism.
(d) Fall in love.

5. What did the priest who tried to convert rats to Catholicism in New York City believe?
(a) He believes in the Anti-Christ.
(b) He believes in satire.
(c) He believes in revenge.
(d) He believes the rats would one day inherit the earth from humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Whole Sick Crew does Rachel sometimes date?

2. What is the name of the barmaid who brings Benny Profane a drink at the tavern in Virginia?

3. What does Angel find in the clubhouse that makes him furious?

4. What does Pig Bodine tell Benny about the couple Pappy Hod and Paolo?

5. Who is Mildred?

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