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Boy Still Missing Trivia Quiz

A small quiz on the novel 'Boy Still Missing' by John Searles.

A multiple-choice quiz by SKYLYNN. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
SKYLYNN

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,335

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
136

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the main character's name? Hint

John Searles

Jesse Gray

Dominick Pindle

Mark Kramer

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the woman with whom the main character's father is having an affair? Hint

Jane Goodson

Margy Little

Ellen Kidd

Edie Kramer

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the best friend of the main character's mother? Hint

Marnie Garboni

Marty Garboni

Jessica Salclecki

MarleimGarlecki

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Question 4 of 10

4. When the main character first met his father's mistress what did she give him? Hint

A hickey

A painting

Some bread

A pair of shoes

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the big mystery the main character wanted to clear up in the beginning of the book? Hint

Where his brother was

Why his father drank

Who was his mother married to before he was born

Why his mother seemed sad all the time

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Question 6 of 10

6. What school did his brother attend? Hint

Columbia

U.C.L.A

Yale

Brown

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Question 7 of 10

7. How did the main character's mother die? Hint

Committed suicide because she found out she was pregnant

Drug overdose

Was killed by the man she was having an affair with

Bled to death during an attempted abortion

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Question 8 of 10

8. How much money did the main character 'borrow' from his mother? Hint

six thousand+dollars

nine thousand+dollars

eight thousand+dollars

seven thousand+dollars

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first name of the baby who was named after the main character? Hint

Sandra

Lauren

Sophie

Molly

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the mother of the baby? Hint

Edna Kramer

Marnie Phillips

Edie Kramer

Janet Gillian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the main character's name?

Answer: Dominick Pindle

2. What is the name of the woman with whom the main character's father is having an affair?

Answer: Edie Kramer

The way she was described didn't seem all that attractive to me. Blond hair, big lips, big chest, so what?

3. What was the name of the best friend of the main character's mother?

Answer: Marnie Garboni

I remember her last name being mentioned once by the Newsweek reporter. She seemed like someone I would've {liked;} sweet, but kind of brash.

4. When the main character first met his father's mistress what did she give him?

Answer: A pair of shoes

Dominick never explained where he got the shoe, and Marnie did ask.

5. What was the big mystery the main character wanted to clear up in the beginning of the book?

Answer: Where his brother was

His brother Truman. Turns out his mother had given him up for adoption, then wanted him back. She never got him back.

6. What school did his brother attend?

Answer: Columbia

7. How did the main character's mother die?

Answer: Bled to death during an attempted abortion

She was having an affair with the sheriff, when she told him he set up an abortion for her with a doctor, but because she didn't have enough money , the sheriff, smart man, decides to do it himself in a motel room. She bleeds to death and he runs away. Poor woman, idiot, coward of a man.

8. How much money did the main character 'borrow' from his mother?

Answer: eight thousand+dollars

9. What was the first name of the baby who was named after the main character?

Answer: Sophie

10. Who was the mother of the baby?

Answer: Edie Kramer

The mistress.

Source: Author SKYLYNN

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