The Bookseller Quiz

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Why did Katharyn stop working at the book store and have her fight with Frieda? (from Chapters 32, 33, 34 and 35)

Frieda wanted her to ask Lars for money.

She learned Michael was being abused by the nanny Frieda had suggested to her.

Frieda wanted to move the store but Kitty did not.

Kitty wanted to carry different types of book than Frieda did.

Why does Michael's statement that Katharyn believes Lars and the children are all made up surprise Katharyn? (from Chapters 28 and 29)

Katharyn told Michael she believed they were made up but asked him not to tell.

Katharyn has never told Michael that she believed Lars and the children were make believe.

He is the last person she thought would understand her.

He does not have an understanding of other people's emotions.

Why is Kitty, as Katharyn, so surprised when she meets George at the cocktail party she attends with Lars? (from Chapters 9, 10 and 11)

George had made a pass at her when she had seen him as Kitty.

She had talked to George about what had happened between her and Frieda when she saw him walking his dog.

George was Frieda's husband during the time Kitty worked at the Pearl Street book store.

She had spoken to George when she went, as Kitty, to see the neighborhood where she, as Katharyn, and Lars lived together.

In the story that Lars tells about how he and Katharyn met, how do they actually meet one another? (from Chapters 3, 4 and 5)

Katharyn realized Lars was having a heart attack when they talked on the phone and got him medical attention.

Katharyn visited Lars' apartment instead of calling him on the phone.

They worked at the same bookstore.

Katharyn went to check on Lars when she thought he had stood her up.

In Chapter 2, why did Kitty decide to return to the use of her nickname instead of continuing to refer to herself as Katharyn? (from Chapters 1 and 2)

Her parents told her that it did not hurt their feelings for her to use a nickname.

She remembered why she hated the name Kathryn so much.

Kitty realized a name could not make her seem mature.

Frieda told her Kitty was more fitting for her.