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

2. Who is Alice?
(a) The missing child of Sir Wren.
(b) The daughter of the ambassador.
(c) A British opera singer.
(d) A young girl who Maxwell once loved that Victoria reminds him of.

3. Who are the Playboys?
(a) Pin-up models.
(b) A street gang.
(c) A military cell.
(d) A spy group.

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

5. What does Rachel do that Benny is afraid of?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Yell.
(c) Sing.
(d) Drive recklessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tavern that Benny Profane enters in Norfolk, Virginia on Christmas Eve, 1955?

2. Who is Goodfellow?

3. What appalling act does Fina do that Profane abhors?

4. By his apparent lack of interest in other women, what does Profane reveal?

5. When Captain Hugh leaves Victoria's room, who does he see in a florist shop outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Schoenmaker view Esther in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

5. Describe Waldetar.

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

7. Describe Victoria in Chapter 7.

8. What does the reader learn about V. in Chapter 3?

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

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

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