The Power of the Dog Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

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

Dead, skinned gophers.

Phil's banjo.

Vials of arsenic.

2.

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

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

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

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

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

3.

What game is Peter mastering? (from Chapters 12-14)

Horseshoes--When he handily beats Phil, Phil is incensed.

Chess.

A crude sort of version of tennis that he plays alone.

Poker.

4.

Whom does Phil confront at the gate of the ranch? (from Chapters 10-11)

A Native father and his son whose tribe once owned the land.

A Jewish peddler.

His own father whom Phil sends back to Salt Lake City.

A drunk Rose who cannot figure out how to unlatch the gate.

5.

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

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

He poisons Phil's rabbit stew with arsenic.

Anthrax.

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

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