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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rachel say that Stencil wrote in his note?
(a) That he is committing suicide.
(b) That he is in love with her.
(c) That he would be tracing a lead in the sewers.
(d) That he is afraid of Mafia.

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

4. When the police arrive at the bar, where do Profane, Pig and Paola flee to?
(a) They run away to Greece.
(b) They go to an apartment of another sailor, Morris Teflon.
(c) They climb up the fire escape.
(d) They go to the boat.

5. By his apparent lack of interest in other women, what does Profane reveal?
(a) His homosexuality.
(b) His devotion to Rachel.
(c) His solitary nature.
(d) His alcoholism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Waldetar work as a conductor?

2. What does Evan Godolphin think of Vheissu?

3. What is Lepsius wearing at the party?

4. What does Rachel drive?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esther fall in love with her plastic surgeon?

2. Why does Profane leave his friends?

3. What does Rachel have a desire for that all the other members of the Whole Sick Crew appear to lack?

4. What is Benny's new job at the end of Chapter 1 and how does he get it?

5. How did Stencil get wounded in Chapter 5?

6. Describe the Sailor's Grave.

7. What appears to be a problem in Rachel and Benny's relationship?

8. What is the plan concocted by the two men outside the wine shop and what does Gaucho propose?

9. Who are the two Englishmen at the cafe in Egypt that a waiter overhears talking about Victoria Wren?

10. Why does Rachel go to see Dr. Schoenmaker's profession and why does it upset her?

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