2. When did this take place?
(a) During the initial stages of investigation.
(b) During the beginning of Jocie's relationship with Raymond.
(c) When Raymond was in Korea.
(d) After Jocie and Raymond had broken up.

3. What happens during the first day of ceremonies?
(a) The Iselins are controlling others.
(b) The Iselins are very involved in the show floor.
(c) The Iselins abstain from the show floor itself.
(d) The Iselins are asking citizens to vote for Iselin.

4. What has Shaw been having?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Stomach pains.
(d) Dinner with his mother.

5. Who relates that he told an in-law to pass the time playing solitaire?
(a) The proprietor at Hungarian Charlie's.
(b) Marco.
(c) One of the FBI agents.
(d) A guest at Hungarian Charlie's.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they sip wine, what does Raymond notice about his mother?

2. In the midst of what do they celebrate?

3. Meanwhile, at the party, what does Raymond's mother do regarding Raymond?

4. As she is speaking, what does Raymond's mother realize about him?

5. Shaw is immediately overcome with grief. What does he then do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the assassination plot arranged for Raymond?

2. How does the scene begin, prior to the shooting?

3. What gives a hint to the identity of a character previously mentioned?

4. Why does Raymond's mother sleep with her son?

5. How does Raymond react when his mother schemes to announce Jocie's return to the United States through the Society pages of Raymond's own paper, without informing her son of the development? How does she respond to him?

6. What has happened to Marco?

7. How does Jocie interfere with Raymond's programming?

8. What is Raymond's costume? What does he think about it?

9. To where is the reader taken?

10. How is Shaw's assassin mind-set triggered?

(see the answer keys)

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