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The Assistant | Quiz

Bernard Malamud
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The Assistant | Quiz

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1)

What does Frank secretly do while he works? (from Chapter 3)

Watch Helen.
Make plans to rob the bank across the street.
Sleep.
Steal.
2)

What new product will Frank sell in the store? (from Chapter 9)

Ice cream sandwiches.
Hot food to go.
TV dinners.
Chocolate milk.
3)

What does Morris average for the last two weeks in December? (from Chapter 4)

$190.
$140.
$180.
$340.
4)

What does Helen do before going to bed? (from Chapter 3)

Makes her lunch for the coming day.
Pays a visit to Frank.
Practices the piano.
Takes a shower.
5)

What has Frank hated to do since he was a kid? (from Chapter 4)

Laundry.
Admit defeat.
Return things.
Go swimming.
6)

What does the note that Helen slips Frank say? (from Chapter 5)

That she cannot see him anymore.
That she will come up to his room.
That she knows what he did to Morris.
That she loves him.
7)

What type of job did Frank have in the past? (from Chapter 9)

Waiter.
Carpenter.
Door-to-door salesman.
Short-order cook.
8)

How much money does Frank find under the floorboard? (from Chapter 9)

A buck fifty.
A ten dollar bill plus change.
More than three dollars.
Twenty-two cents.
9)

What is Frank struggling to realize himself as? (from Chapter 5)

A grocer.
A lover.
A scholar.
A person.
10)

How much of her own money does Helen now get to keep? (from Chapter 4)

Five dollars.
All of it.
Fifteen dollars.
Ten dollars.
11)

What color is the uniform at Sobeloff's market? (from Chapter 7)

Green.
Red.
Blue.
White.
12)

According to Karp, what is in every clerk's nature? (from Chapter 5)

Stealing.
Insolence.
Weakness.
Desire.
13)

What does Helen do with Frank's gifts? (from Chapter 4)

Sell them at a pawn shop.
Give them back.
Keep and treasure them forever.
Re-gift them to her friends at Christmas.
14)

Who does Morris dream of? (from Chapter 8)

Ephraim.
His mother.
His home country.
Helen.
15)

What improper thing does Frank do at the end of the chapter? (from Chapter 3)

Do drugs.
Send away a potential buyer for the store.
Make an aggressive advance on Helen.
Watch Helen take a shower.
16)

Who does Ida say Helen should marry? (from Chapter 7)

Louis Karp.
The doctor.
Frank Alpine.
Nat Pearl.
17)

What happens to Morris after going outside? (from Chapter 8)

He gets sick.
He is mugged and badly beaten.
He feels refreshed and alive.
He passes out in the snow.
18)

Who smelled the gas first? (from Chapter 6)

Ida.
Frank.
Nick.
Tessie.
19)

What does Helen say Frank reminds her of? (from Chapter 9)

The things she hates about herself.
Everything she wants to forget.
The life she once led.
The sins of her past.
20)

What does Frank confess to Helen? (from Chapter 9)

His love for her.
His role in the hold-up.
His inability to have a normal relationship.
His repeated theft from her father.
21)

What type of ideals does Morris have? (from Chapter 5)

Unrealistic.
Moderate.
Conservative.
Liberal.
22)

What does Frank carve for Helen out of wood? (from Chapter 6)

A flower.
A bird.
A deer.
A heart.
23)

How does Ida refer to Frank? (from Chapter 5)

A shlimozel.
A shmuck.
A goy.
A shikse.
24)

What does Ida promise to leave for Podolsky if he buys the business? (from Chapter 7)

A thousand dollars cash for stock.
The furnishings for the house.
Her recipes.
The keys.
25)

What condition does Ward suffer from? (from Chapter 3)

Heartburn.
Parkinson's disease.
Migraines.
Epilepsy.
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