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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Captain Hugh leaves Victoria's room, who does he see in a florist shop outside?
(a) Profane.
(b) Gaucho.
(c) Signor Mantissa.
(d) Victoria.

2. What does Angel do for a living?
(a) He cooks meat.
(b) He kills people.
(c) He dances in Times Square.
(d) He catches alligators in the sewers of New York City.

3. With whom does Benny attend a New Year's party on a boat?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Pig.
(c) Paola.
(d) Joon.

4. Who does Evan Godolphin go to visit in April 1899?
(a) His friend, Joseph Profane.
(b) His seaman, Stencil.
(c) His father, Captain Hugh.
(d) His mother, V.

5. Who is Fina?
(a) A chess player.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) The sister of Tolito, Jose, and Kook.
(d) A child on the subway.

6. What is the name of the owner of the bar in Norfolk, Virginia?
(a) Paola.
(b) Mrs. Boffo.
(c) Benny.
(d) Pappy Hod.

7. Who is the competitor for Lepsius's business?
(a) Victoria Wren.
(b) A sunburned Englishman.
(c) Benny Profane.
(d) His wife.

8. Who is Sir Alistair Wren?
(a) A British spy.
(b) A member of English Parliament and father of Victoria Wren.
(c) A knighted singer.
(d) The British Prime Minister.

9. When Benny chases after an alligator alone, what is the area that he enters?
(a) New York subway system.
(b) Soho.
(c) Fairing's Parish.
(d) Staten Island.

10. On the last night before he leaves the Catskills, what does Benny see Rachel doing when he goes to talk to her?
(a) Hurting herself.
(b) Fighting with her boyfriend.
(c) Talking to her car.
(d) Crying.

11. What are the names of the two men who are drinking in front of a wine shop in Chapter 7?
(a) Mafia and Winsome.
(b) Profane and Pig.
(c) Evan and Hood.
(d) Signor Mantissa and Cesare.

12. In a cafe in Egypt, what does the waiter P. Aieul hear two Englishmen talk about?
(a) A dance they do not want to miss.
(b) A coming thunderstorm.
(c) A party at the consulate that night.
(d) A war.

13. What does the switch on Hugo's body do?
(a) Power up his machine.
(b) Feed him.
(c) Controls his brain and how he acts.
(d) Kill him.

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

15. Who tells V. about Vheissu?
(a) Profane.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Captain Hugh.
(d) Sir Wren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lover of Victoria Wren?

2. What apparently had Paola done by marrying Pappy Hod?

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

4. What does Paola offer that Fina does not for Profane?

5. What are Mantissa, Cesare, and the Gaucho about to do when Mantissa has a change of heart, forcing them all to flee?

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