Study

At the Old Swimming Hole

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

  • Why was the FBI interested in Alicia?
    They believed she had been selling Defence Department secrets to the Chinese
  • Why was Smollensk looking for Alicia?
    Tom used her name when he borrowed money
  • How old was Louise Carmody?
    24
  • What lane was the woman having problems in?
    two
  • Whom and how much money did Alicia owe to?
    seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Art Smollensk, the king of gambling
  • Who took the disks with the plane designs?
    Tom
  • Who was Victoria by profession?
    a detective
  • How did the cat save Victoria’s life?
    The murderer stepped on her and fell down
  • Who saved Victoria’s life when Tom was going to kill her?
    Miss Finley
  • What happened to Victoria in Alicia’s house?
    She was wounded in her left shoulder
  • Why should Don Pasquale, the leader of a big criminal group have helped Victiria?
    Two years before she had given him some help
  • How did Victoria get to know where Alicia was when the latter called her?
    She recognized the noises in the background. It was the sports hall of their old high school
  • Who was the gambler?
    Tom
  • What is the name of the narrator?
    Victoria Warshawski
  • How did Victoria understand that Tom was deceiving Alicia?
    The Chinese businessman had left the country, he wouldn’t have done it without the disks
  • Why did Victoria spend a few days in prison?
    She hadn’t told the FBI where Alicia was and was accused of her death
  • Where did Alicia live?
    In Warrenville near the local school, an hour’s drive out of town
  • Who got Victoria to a hospital?
    the boys playing football