2. What are Nick's friend's plans after this vacation?
(a) Start his own plumbing business
(b) Get married to his childhood sweetheart
(c) Go back to work on Wall Street
(d) Go back to the U.S. to finish his education

3. What does the hotel keeper have sent to the American wife in her room?
(a) A bottle of champagne
(b) A cat
(c) A flower arrangement
(d) A fruit basket

4. What is the last news of the traveler?
(a) He is living in New York
(b) He died in an avalanche in the Alps
(c) He is in a Swiss jail
(d) He fell in love with a Polish girl

5. What is Joe's father's profession?
(a) Welder
(b) Jockey
(c) Plumber
(d) Electrician

6. Who is Joe in the story for Chapter 13?
(a) A fisherman
(b) The narrator
(c) Nick's new friend
(d) A plumber

7. What type of editorial work does Mr. Elliot write?
(a) Poetry
(b) Essays
(c) Documentaries
(d) Novels

8. What part of the area does Nick avoid?
(a) The rapids
(b) The forest
(c) The swamp
(d) The quicksand

9. What kind of feeling does the wife have when she returns to her husband in the hotel room?
(a) No sense of importance
(b) Ecstasy
(c) Boredom
(d) Companionship

10. What does Nick carry with him on the train?
(a) Photos
(b) Camping gear
(c) Books
(d) Laptop

11. How does Joe's father die?
(a) Suicide
(b) A car accident
(c) A horseracing accident
(d) Drive-by shooting

12. What nationality is the young man in the story?
(a) American
(b) French
(c) Spanish
(d) Italian

13. What does the wife tell the maid that she wanted?
(a) Her car
(b) The cat
(c) Room service
(d) Her dry cleaning

14. The story in Chapter 8 is not so much a story as a ______________________.
(a) essay
(b) novel
(c) character sketch
(d) poem

15. Why are two men killed in the story?
(a) Robbing a liquor store
(b) Shooting a cop
(c) Robbing a bank
(d) Robbing a cigar store