1. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) Edgar Spency.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) James Waldrop.
(d) William James.

2. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Newspaper articles about the war.
(b) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.
(c) Books and letters that began with "M."
(d) Cracks in the sidewalk.

3. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) Norway.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?
(a) Amanda Stewart.
(b) Martha Stewart.
(c) Donna Reed.
(d) Bette Davis.

5. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?
(a) "A Nail in the Coffin."
(b) "Two Roads Diverged."
(c) "Odysseus."
(d) "Sunday Morning."

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?

2. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

3. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?

4. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

5. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

(see the answer key)

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