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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. What does Slab suggest that Esther do about her pregnancy?
(a) Have it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Check again that it is real.
(d) Go to Cuba and get an abortion.

2. What does the mysterious woman who talks to the ballerina tell her about her future?
(a) That she will fall in love and marry a rich man.
(b) That she will travel the world on a boat.
(c) That she will drive Paris mad.
(d) That she will die soon.

3. Who is talking to Rachel in a bar and confesses feelings for Paola in Chapter 10?
(a) Benny.
(b) Pig.
(c) Esther.
(d) Winsome.

4. What does Pig see by the antenna by the platform of the ship where Profane was working?
(a) A gang member.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Hamburger meat that was now cooked.

5. Why is Stencil afraid of going to Malta?
(a) He has bad dreams about the place.
(b) He hates the sun.
(c) He is afraid of traveling by boat.
(d) His father died there and he may find V.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Fausto Maijstral's dead wife?

2. What is V's fear about the ballerina?

3. When Mondaugen feels sick, what does Gondolphin think he has?

4. What is the name of the expatriate that Mondaugen visits to give news of the war?

5. Who does Stencil tell Profane loves him in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fausto Mijstral reveal in his letter to his daughter Paola?

2. What is the big change Benny Profane makes in Chapter 13 regarding Rachel Owlglass?

3. What unfortunate accident occurs to Melanie L'Heuremandi?

4. What is V.'s point of view regarding the siege in Africa in 1922?

5. When Benny is propositioned by Mafia, what does he do and what does it reveal about him?

6. What action does Mafia fail to take and what does it reveal about him and the Whole Sick Crew?

7. How does V. appear in Chapter 9 and what does this say about her or her role?

8. What happens to V. in Paris?

9. How does fate appear to intervene in the life of Benny Profane in Chapter 8?

10. Why are the members of the Whole Sick Crew not bothered by police arrests?

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