The Power of the Dog Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Peter kill Phil? (from Chapters 12-14)

Apparently, Peter is the driver of the car that runs over Phil, although the police suspect Edward Nappo.

A single gunshot that everyone hears but cannot be traced to Peter.

He poisons Phil's rabbit stew with arsenic.

Anthrax.

2.

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

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.

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

3.

What does Phil Burbank call Dr. Gordon's son Peter? (from Chapters 1-3)

A sissy.

A poor excuse for a cowboy.

A promising artist.

A coward.

4.

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

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.

A brothel in Salt Lake City.

A moving picture theater in Chicago.

5.

What triggers Rose's drinking initially? (from Chapters 10-11)

Her fear of snakes--she is constantly uneasy left alone at the ranch and alcohol eases her fretting.

Sipping wine all afternoon with the maid.

Insomnia.

Intense headaches.

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