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61. In Ruth's letter to Nathaniel in Vietnam, dated 28th June 1965, how many months pregnant is she?

From Quiz "Six Feet Under" - "Better Living Through Death"

Answer: 6

Nathaniel has to miss the birth of his first child, Nate, because he is working as a medic in Vietnam.

From Quiz Zach's Lie

Answer: Elko, Nevada

Zach had never heard of this place.

From Quiz "What Makes Sammy Run?" by Budd Schulberg

Answer: Copy boy

Sammy quickly manipulates himself into a writing position as the radio columnist.

From Quiz "Shane" by Jack Schaefer

Answer: Joe Starrett

Joe Starrett let Shane stay with him and made up stories so he would.

From Quiz June Lund Shiplett

Answer: Locksley

His name was Quinn Locksley, the rightful heir of Locksley Hall in England. He shortened it when coming to America, as a young man.

From Quiz Iain Sinclair - novelist, poet, psychogeographer

Answer: White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

Published in 1987, "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings" follows the misadventures of an eccentric band of secondhand-book dealers (among them Sinclair himself), linked with investigations and meditations on the Jack the Ripper murders. The other works, although pre-dating "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings", are books of poetry.

From Quiz Stone Cold

Answer: he got it from a street sign post

He got it from a sign post, which states the street is called Links Street. The main character got it when he went down the street.

From Quiz Isfolkets Saga

Answer: Tengel the Evil

Tengel the Evil is the reason we get to know the Isfolk at all. He was born some time in the 13 century and lived until 1960.

From Quiz "The Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen"

Answer: Mary Elizabeth Cep

Mary prefers to be called Lola, because it is exotic and mysterious.

From Quiz Katherine Stone Novels

Answer: Happy Endings

My favorite of her novels, very emotional. And like the title says, a happy ending for all characters.

From Quiz Arcadia Quiz

Answer: Carnal Embrace

Thomasina, like any curious young lady, wants to know more about the birds and the bees. Stoppard is a master of languages, and Septimus confuses Thomasina by saying carnal embrace is a matter of hugging meat.

From Quiz 'Arms of Nemesis' Steven Saylor

Answer: Egypt

After his murder mystery, Gordianus buys her freedom and marries her.

From Quiz "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupery

Answer: a hat

It was for this reason that he missed out on a possible career as an artist, and instead became a pilot. The little prince did later accuse him of drawing trees that looked like cabbages.

From Quiz "The Blue Bottle Club" by Penelope J. Stokes

Answer: She wanted to do a TV report on them

In an old house that was being torn down, she discovered a blue bottle with a piece of paper in it. The paper was written by four girls -- Leticia, Adora, Mary Love, and Eleanor -- detailing their homes and dreams for the future. Brendan was intrigued and thought it would make a great TV special, so she set out to find them.

From Quiz "And I Don't Want to Live This Life"

Answer: Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious wrote the poem about Nancy Spungen shortly after her death.

From Quiz Boy Still Missing

Answer: Dominick Pindle

From Quiz 'Odd Balls' by William Sleator

Answer: hypnotized him

Every time someone said 'window' Tycho had to throw the nearest object.

From Quiz Uncle Tom's Cabin

Answer: Mr Shelby & Mr Haley talking

Mr Shelby was in debt to Mr Haley, and they were discussing paying off the debts. Haley wanted Uncle Tom, Eliza, and her son Harry to pay it off. Shelby was hesitant to sell all three, but gave in and sold Tom and Harry because he faced losing his property. For his wife's sake, Shelby would not sell Eliza, her maid.

From Quiz Larry's Party

Answer: England

Larry's parents, Stu and Dot, are English and originally from Lancashire. While Larry works as a florist, his father makes interiors for coaches and other vehicles, and is disappointed at what he sees as an effeminate choice of career for his son. He and Dot emigrated to Canada after Dot accidentally poisoned her mother-in-law with preserved runner beans. They give Larry and Dorrie a package tour of England as a wedding present, as they did with Larry's sister Midge and her husband (who later came out as gay) and the party travel from the Pennines to Land's End, before ending the tour in London for a few days. While in London, the party visit Hampton Court and Larry gets lost in the maze there. It is here that his passion for mazes begins.

From Quiz "Ghost Story" by Peter Straub

Answer: The Chowder Society

The Chowder Society is a group of five old, influential men who meet up to tell each other stories. They dress up in their finest clothes, drink whiskey and have a strict rule about who can join their group. They are an exclusive club who don't invite other people to join and don't allow their wives to join, although they are allowed to bring them food and drinks. At their meetings they tell each other stories about things they have done or things that have scared them. A year ago one of their club members died at a party and since that time, the surviving members have been experiencing nightmares.

From Quiz 'Duet' by Carol Shields

Answer: Wool

Judith is a biographer - she is currently writing a biography of the Canadian writer Susanna Moodie - and Martin is an English professor whose specialist subject is John Milton. While looking for spare paper, Judith finds large quantities of wool in one of Martin's desk drawers and cannot understand what it is doing there. She agonises over whether to ask him about it. When his parents visit, he reveals that he is going to use the wool to make a graphic of 'Paradise Lost', with different colours of wool representing different themes. Judith is sceptical about the idea and worries that Martin will make a fool of himself, though it turns out to be a success and Martin is interviewed on local radio about it.

From Quiz Siegfried Sassoon

Answer: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

"War and Remembrance" and "Winds of War" were both by Herman Wouk and take place in World War II. "The Red Badge of Courage" was written by Stephen Crane and takes place in the American Civil War. Published anonymously in 1928, "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man" is an often humorous autobiographic novel depicting the writer's early years as a character named George Sherston. In the book, fox-hunting represents the author's innocent outlook before the war, but the memoir ends with his transfer to a battalion of the Royal Welsh, which is sent to France. Sassoon wrote "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" to continue the story, which was followed by "Sherston's Progress." Prior to this work, he was known only as a poet.

From Quiz Cordwainer Smith

Answer: A leather worker

Linebarger's father was closely associated with the Chinese Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party). Sun Yat-sen was Paul Linebarger's godfather.

From Quiz Tom Sharpe's 'Wilt'

Answer: At Mavis Mottram's flower arranging class

Eva is always taking up new hobbies, such as judo or transcendental meditation, and Mavis Mottram, her neighbour, runs a flower arranging class. Eva meets Sally, an American feminist and sex therapist, who is married to Gaskell, a biochemist. They live in Rossiter Grove, a posh part of town. Sally takes Eva shopping and Eva buys a pair of bright yellow pyjamas, which Sally says make her look like the Great Gatsby. Sally gets her drunk and they set Eva's bra on fire (because of the urban legend about feminists burning their bras). Sally later tells Gaskell that she wants to hire Eva as a dishwasher.

From Quiz 'White Teeth' by Zadie Smith

Answer: Neena is a lesbian

Alsana repeatedly refers to Neena as 'Niece of Shame' throughout the book, as she strongly disapproves of Neena being a lesbian. Neena is used to it and mostly ignores her. She works in a shoe shop, fixing people's shoes. She also warns Irie off Millat when Irie gets hair extensions put in in the hope of attracting him, saying that Millat will only see her as a friend. Later in the book, Alsana and Clara ask Neena and Maxine, her white girlfriend, to go to dinner with the Chalfens to find out more about them, as both of them disapprove of Millat and Irie spending so much time there. Neena is disgusted when Joyce asks her if she and Maxine use each other's breasts for pillows, and reports back that the Chalfens are 'crazy, nutso, raisins short of a fruitcake, rubber walls, screaming mad basket cases'.

From Quiz That Certain Smile

Answer: Student

Dominique is studying at the Sorbonne, which was where she met her boyfriend Bertrand. She is studying law but is not at all enthusiastic about it.

From Quiz Wings of Fire: Moon Rising

Answer: Qibli

Darkstalker explains to Moon that it's the dragons who don't care or aren't cautious of their thoughts who are the ones with the most stable, smooth thoughts of anyone (for example, Kinkajou). He tells Moon that the dragons like Qibli have the most unstable, messy mind of anyone.

From Quiz "Dragonwyck" by Anya Seton

Answer: She is obese.

Johanna Van Ryn is extremely fat, and is seen constantly eating. While Nicholas treats his wife with superficial attentiveness and politeness, it is apparent that he is repulsed by her. Miranda herself secretly disapproves of the greedy, untidy woman.

From Quiz "The Wolves of Mercy Falls" - Characters

Answer: Sam

Sam Roth was one of the main characters for the first three books and Grace's boyfriend. He worked at a bookstore and loved to read poetry, especially the work of German writer, Rainer Maria Rilke. He also enjoyed making paper cranes and would fold them out of any available paper. He played the guitar and wrote songs. He had unusual, yellow eyes. After being infected with meningitis, he was able to remain a human. When he first became a wolf after being bitten, his parents thought he was some sort of demon. They tried to kill him by cutting his wrists in a bathtub. However, he survived and his parents were arrested. He was then adopted by Beck, who was later revealed to be the one who made Sam a werewolf.

From Quiz Mystic and Rider

Answer: With hostility and suspicion

Tayse and Justin are soldiers, plainspoken, practical men of action. They have no use for magic or its practitioners.

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