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Quiz about Stephen King Different Seasons Shawshank

Stephen King: Different Seasons: Shawshank Quiz

These are questions based on the first story of the four in "Different Seasons", "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption".

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

Author
jkkkbdelorge

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,193

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Why is Rita Hayworth mentioned in the title? Hint

She is Andy Dufresne's fantasy woman

She visited the prison once and it was a turning point in Andy's life

Her movies play all the time in the prison

Hers is the first poster that Andy Dufresne asks for

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Red's sentence for the crime he committed? Hint

Two life sentences

Death penalty

50 years

Three life sentences

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did Red look like when he entered prison in 1938? Hint

black-haired and bad-tempered

blonde, pointed-nose and shy

dark hair, eyes and skin; easy-going

red-headed and good-looking

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the golf pro that Andy's wife, Linda Dufresne, had an affair with? Hint

Robert Alan Cote

Glenn Quentin

Sherwood Bolton

Samuel Norton

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the first item that Andy asked Red to get for him? Hint

A rock-blanket

A rock-hammer

Rita Hayworth poster

Marilyn Monroe poster

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Andy Dufresne do for prison guard Byron Hadley that got him lifelong protection from the 'sisters' in prison? Hint

offered to do his income tax forms

told him a way to get his inheritance tax-free

gave information that ultimately saved Hadley's life

sold drugs and gave him 50%

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why was it so important to Andy to keep his cell to himself and not have any cell mates? Hint

the guards would occasionally come in for tax help at night

he was scared to death of what a roommate might do to him

he would often have a female friend visit at night

he was busy every night tunneling out

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Question 8 of 10

8. What shocking information did a new inmate named Tommy Williams tell to Andy? Hint

that the warden knew about the tunnel Andy was building

that he was Andy's biological son

that he knew who really killed Andy's wife and her lover

that Andy's wife had never died

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where was it that Andy planned to flee to if he ever escaped? Hint

Acapulco, Mexico

Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Question 10 of 10

10. The book ends with Red and Andy meeting on the beach in Mexico.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why is Rita Hayworth mentioned in the title?

Answer: Hers is the first poster that Andy Dufresne asks for

This was a common poster that men asked Red to get them. The manner in which Andy acted while asking got Red intrigued and further interested in him.

2. What was Red's sentence for the crime he committed?

Answer: Three life sentences

Red fixed the brakes on his wife's car with full intentions of killing her. He didn't know that she was going to pick up the neighbor and her baby on her way into town and all three perished in the crash.

3. What did Red look like when he entered prison in 1938?

Answer: red-headed and good-looking

To anyone who had seen the movie before reading this book, the description of Red was a surprise. He was played by Morgan Freeman in the movie, but in the book he is described as a white redhead who was good-looking and raised on the poor side of town.

He "knocked up" a rich girl whose father allowed him to marry her. He soon grew bored with it all and decided to kill her in a way that would look an accident. It didn't work!

4. What was the name of the golf pro that Andy's wife, Linda Dufresne, had an affair with?

Answer: Glenn Quentin

Cote was an inmate who had robbed a bank and ended up killing six; Bolton was an inmate who had a pet pigeon; and Norton was the prison warden who schemed to keep Andy imprisoned even when presented with evidence that he may be innocent.

5. What was the first item that Andy asked Red to get for him?

Answer: A rock-hammer

A rock-hammer is like a miniature pickaxe about a foot long. It is used to find valuable or interesting rocks in the earth. Red assumes that Andy used the hammer to carve his initials into his cell's wall and found a weak spot in the wall. Andy then began the long process of tunneling out. Red said it took two rock-hammers and 27 years to complete the tunnel.

6. What did Andy Dufresne do for prison guard Byron Hadley that got him lifelong protection from the 'sisters' in prison?

Answer: told him a way to get his inheritance tax-free

Andy risked his life and limb by approaching Hadley while he was supposed to be working on tarring a roof. Andy had been listening in on the guards' conversation and being a banker, he knew a loophole that saved Hadley from paying any taxes on an inheritance from his brother.

7. Why was it so important to Andy to keep his cell to himself and not have any cell mates?

Answer: he was busy every night tunneling out

He did have a roommate for a while, he was a Native American named Normaden. Normaden later said that Andy was nice, but he could tell that Andy didn't want him there and he was happy to go since the cell was so drafty and cold!

8. What shocking information did a new inmate named Tommy Williams tell to Andy?

Answer: that he knew who really killed Andy's wife and her lover

Tommy was a former cell mate of a man who found it hilarious that Andy Dufresne was doing time for a crime that he himself committed. When Andy brought this information to the warden and was hoping for a new trial, the warden pulled out all the stops to see that Andy would never be released. Andy knew about all the illegal money-making schemes the warden was doing at Shawshank.

9. Where was it that Andy planned to flee to if he ever escaped?

Answer: Zihuatanejo, Mexico

Zihuatanejo is a city on the Pacific coast more than 100 miles northwest of Acapulco. Andy tells Red that the Mexicans say that the Pacific Ocean has no memory and that's where he would like to finish the rest of his life, in a warm place with no memory.

10. The book ends with Red and Andy meeting on the beach in Mexico.

Answer: False

That is how the movie ends. The book ends with Red finally deciding to join Andy in Mexico and he is making his plan of how to get there. And for the first time in a long time, he is full of hope.

Source: Author jkkkbdelorge

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