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1. How did Johanna like to say she and Salo met, and how did really they meet?

Johanna liked to say that she and Salo met at a wedding in Oak Bluffs. She had been brought to the wedding by the brother of the groom. She saw Salo and introduced herself. They had met previously, not that Salo remembered, at the funeral of Salo's former girlfriend Mandy Bernstein.

2. What happened to Mandy Bernstein?

Salo had been driving with his girlfriend Mandy Berstein and his friend Daniel Abraham and Daniel's girlfriend in Salo's jeep. He hit a rock in the road. The Jeep crumpled. Mandy and Daniel were killed. Salo walked away with a few stitches, and Daniel's girlfriend was in the hospital for a while with her injuries.

3. What art did Salo's grandparents have on their walls, and what happened to the art when he applied to Cornell?

The walls of Salo's grandparents' home were decorated with original paintings from the old masters. When Salo applied to Cornell, many of the paintings were dedicated to Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

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