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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Mantissa, Cesare, and the Gaucho about to do when Mantissa has a change of heart, forcing them all to flee?
(a) Break into the Venezuelan embassy.
(b) Kidnap V.
(c) Shoot the rioters.
(d) Steal the painting of the Birth of Venus.

3. Who is Esther's lover?
(a) Dr. Schoenmaker.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Benny.
(d) Rachel.

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

5. Who does Benny meet on the subway in New York?
(a) A hungry child.
(b) Tolito, Jose and Kook.
(c) A crazy hobo.
(d) A waif.

6. When Benny chases after an alligator alone, what is the area that he enters?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Soho.
(c) New York subway system.
(d) Fairing's Parish.

7. What does Benny give Paola at the bus station?
(a) Rachel's address.
(b) Money.
(c) A hug.
(d) A love letter.

8. What is V.'s strange reaction to the riots at the embassy that Evan notices and seems to understand?
(a) She finds it funny.
(b) She is not affected by the death going on around her.
(c) She wants to shoot the rioters.
(d) She takes a nap.

9. What happens during "suck hour" at the bar?
(a) Seamen curl up and sleep.
(b) People fight over drinks.
(c) Everyone gets a lollipop.
(d) Sailors can drink from rubber breasts attached to beer taps.

10. What is the name of the pilot who needed facial reconstruction?
(a) Esther.
(b) Profane.
(c) Dr. Schoenmaker.
(d) Evan Godolphin.

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

12. What is the name of the tavern that Benny Profane enters in Norfolk, Virginia on Christmas Eve, 1955?
(a) Sailor's Grave.
(b) Reservoir.
(c) Mermaid Tavern.
(d) Butch Cat.

13. What is the name of the lover of Victoria Wren?
(a) Hugh Bongo-Shaftsbury.
(b) McClintic Sphere.
(c) Dr. Schoenmaker.
(d) Bill Glass.

14. Who tells V. about Vheissu?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Captain Hugh.
(c) Sir Wren.
(d) Profane.

15. What does Gaucho offer the two men to help them succeed in their plan?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A key.
(c) Some money.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Shale Schoenmaker?

2. Who is Alice?

3. What is the name of the man who has a proclivity for young girls that latches on to Porpentine?

4. With whom does Benny attend a New Year's party on a boat?

5. What is a strange habit of the seaman who Benny recognizes in the bar from the Navy?

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