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

2. What does Rachel Owlglass do for a living in New York City?
(a) She is an interviewer at an employment firm.
(b) She is an accountant.
(c) She is a receptionist at a law firm.
(d) She is a dentist.

3. What appalling act does Fina do that Profane abhors?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Offers herself to an entire gang.
(c) Lies.
(d) Shoots heroin.

4. Where are rumors of a spy called the Gaucho going around?
(a) The British embassy.
(b) The Venezuelan consulate.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Foreign Legion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mildred?

3. Who does Angel hit in the clubhouse?

4. Who is Esther's lover?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Benny meet on the subway and who do they introduce him to?

2. What is the urban legend that Benny Profane actually does?

3. What is Vheissu?

4. Describe Lepsius.

5. What happens to the Birth of Venus painting in Chapter 7?

6. What is Herbert Stencil's purpose?

7. What is the disturbing discovery that Profane makes about Fina?

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

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

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

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