The Power of the Dog Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What one attribute does Rose admire in George? (from Chapters 4-6)

His sense of humor.

His humility.

His kindness.

His unswerving faith in God.

2.

Where does Johnny Gordon meet Rose? (from Chapters 1-3)

A moving picture theater in Chicago.

A brothel in Salt Lake City.

She is a nurse at a hospital in Chicago where he does his residency.

At a Catholic Mass in Peoria, Illinois--she is playing the organ.

3.

What does Rose use to make the flower arrangement for the ranch foyer? (from Chapters 7-9)

Phil's ranch gloves and George's old spectacles.

Carrion flowers, beautiful but unknown to Rose they have a powerful stench.

Bits of tumbleweed and a shingle of shale.

Cow hides and clover.

4.

What does Rose find in Peter's room that disturbs her? (from Chapters 10-11)

Vials of arsenic.

Phil's banjo.

Dead, skinned gophers.

Letters addressed to Peter's father whom Rose knows is dead.

5.

The whitehaired old man who works haying for Phil, what happened to his daughter? (from Chapters 12-14)

She took to alcohol and became a prostitute in San Francisco.

An acrobat in the circus, she dies after a fall from the high wire.

He is not sure only that she took vows as a nun and is living somewhere in Europe.

His daughter turns out to be Lola, the Burbanks' maid.

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