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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 the world adventurer looking for?
(a) Slab.
(b) Benny.
(c) Rachel.
(d) A woman he knows as V.

2. Who are the members of the Whole Sick Crew?
(a) Slab, Raoul, Melvin, Winsome, Charisma, and Fu.
(b) Pig, Benny, Rachel, Mrs. Boor.
(c) Sloane, Slab, Benny, and Rachel.
(d) Benny, Joon, Rachel, and Paola.

3. Where does Benny get an interview?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Subway station.
(c) Underground Metro.
(d) Outlandish Records.

4. Who does Rachel see sneaking out of the apartment in her coat?
(a) Winsome.
(b) Paola.
(c) Mafia.
(d) Esther.

5. Who did Stencil meet that talked to him about the sewers and the rat Veronica?
(a) Benny.
(b) V.
(c) Zeitsuss.
(d) Paola.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Angel's friend who works with him?

3. Who does Rachel live with in her apartment?

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

5. What does Heroic Love require according to the record executive's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Benny Profane in Chapter 1.

2. What does Hugo Bongo-Shaftsbury talk to Mildred about on the train in Egypt?

3. What happens when Benny goes to the ferry and meets Paola?

4. What is Fairing's Parish and how did it get its name?

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

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

7. Describe the Sailor's Grave.

8. How is the apathy of the Whole Sick Crew evident in Winsome's behavior?

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

10. Why does Stencil go to the dentist and what does he discover?

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