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A Reliable Wife Quiz

Robert Goolrick
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A Reliable Wife Quiz

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1)

What is Antonio doing in the city in #63? (from Part 1 - Wisconsin, Fall, 1907 - Chapters 7, 8 and 9)

Modeling in an art studio.
Attending law school.
Teaching school.
Playing piano in a whorehouse.
2)

Where does Antonio spend nights crying with a bottle of brandy? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

The wine cellar.
His old nursery.
The walled garden.
The barn.
3)

What does Catherine like about St. Louis? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908 - Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

The excitement.
The architecture.
The cuisine.
The scenery.
4)

What color silk does Catherine order to make her wedding gown? (from Part 1 - Wisconsin, Fall, 1907 - Chapters 7, 8 and 9)

Pink.
Ivory.
White.
Gray.
5)

What question does Antonio ask Catherine when he stops at her table? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908 - Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

If she would go to the opera with him.
If she liked his music.
If she is in mourning.
If she will have dinner with him.
6)

Antonio tells Catherine that all he wants is to have Ralph dead and to ______________________. (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 13 and 14)

Marry Catherine.
Live in the Italian house.
Move to Europe.
Dance on his grave.
7)

Ralph and Antonio are finally able to talk about ________________________. (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

Antonio's drug habit.
Antonio's suicide attempt.
Catherine's real past.
What happened between them in the past.
8)

With what does Antonio hit Ralph? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

A log.
An ax.
A fireplace poker.
A shovel.
9)

Antonio tells Catherine that he had watched Ralph kill __________________. (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 13 and 14)

Maria.
Justine.
Gloria.
Emilia.
10)

What is the hotel where Catherine stays in St. Louis? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908 - Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

The Embassy.
The James Hotel.
Planter's Hotel.
Riverboat Queen.
11)

What does Ralph look for while Catherine is bathing? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 17 and 18)

Cash.
A journal.
Some letters.
The arsenic.
12)

What was the only thing Emilia took with her when she left Ralph? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 13 and 14)

The dress she was wearing.
Her pearl necklace.
Her wedding ring.
A safe deposit box.
13)

What does Antonio do after he eats his meal? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908 - Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

He reads a book.
He plays piano.
He smokes a cigar.
He drinks some brandy.
14)

Who arrives at the Truitt house one night? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 19 and 20)

Antonio.
Alice.
Emilia.
India.
15)

Where are Ralph and Catherine married? (from Part 1 - Wisconsin, Fall, 1907 - Chapters 7, 8 and 9)

In a church.
At the courthouse.
In a meadow.
At Ralph's house.
16)

What does Ralph ask Catherine if she will do for him? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 17 and 18)

Have a child.
Fire the Larsens.
Host a party.
Redecorate the house.
17)

What food was shipped in to the farm from Chicago because Ralph craved it? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 19 and 20)

Oysters.
Chocolates.
Steaks.
Lobsters.
18)

Where did Catherine move when she no longer had Alice in her life? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 15 and 16)

Phoenix.
Dallas.
Chicago.
Miami.
19)

Ralph suggests that Antonio go to ___________________ to play. (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 21 and 22)

China.
Europe.
Australia.
Russia.
20)

With what does Catherine stab Antonio? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

Kitchen knife.
Scissors.
Letter opener.
Garden shears.
21)

How does Catherine plan to kill Ralph? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 13 and 14)

By smothering him with a pillow.
By paying a hitman to kill him.
By shooting him.
By putting arsenic in his food.
22)

What is the motif that is repeated throughout the story? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 15 and 16)

Such things happen.
If only she had known.
Don't think about it now.
It is what it is.
23)

Most of Ralph's fortune comes from his business in which industry? (from Part 2 - St. Louis, Winter, 1908, Chapters 13 and 14)

Medicine.
Agricultural.
Iron.
Mining.
24)

How does Ralph know he is being poisoned? (from Part 3 - Wisconsin, Winter into Spring, 1908 - Chapters 17 and 18)

He tastes it in his food.
He finds the little blue bottle of arsenic.
He tastes it in the water.
He is dizzy all the time.
25)

What does Catherine constantly imagine herself doing? (from Part 1 - Wisconsin, Fall, 1907 - Chapters 7, 8 and 9)

Smoking.
Swimming.
Drinking.
Skiing.
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