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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Profane stays at Pig's apartment, what does he wake up to see one night?
(a) An orgy.
(b) A suicide.
(c) A barbecue.
(d) Pig sitting on his motorcycle in the alley, racing the engine.

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

10. Who is Goodfellow?
(a) A British spy.
(b) Her father's code name.
(c) An English wrestler living in Egypt.
(d) An Englishman that Victoria is secretly having an affair with.

11. What are the two men planning to do that a third man called Gaucho disagrees with?
(a) To kidnap the wine owner's daughter.
(b) To enter the Uffizi and steal a painting.
(c) To start a war.
(d) To enter a cooking competition.

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

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

14. How do Benny and Rachel first meet?
(a) At his mother's house.
(b) At a diving event.
(c) At a party.
(d) After she almost runs him over outside the restaurant.

15. What does Angel's sister offer to Profane that he rejects?
(a) Sex.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gaucho offer the two men to help them succeed in their plan?

2. Who is Dr. Shale Schoenmaker?

3. When Benny chases after an alligator alone, what is the area that he enters?

4. When Evan arrives at his father's door, what does he find?

5. Who calls Benny's name on the loudspeaker at the bus station?

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