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Quiz about The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Quiz

Dr. Richard Ames sets off on a series of adventures with Gwendolyn Novak. We meet up with lots of characters from Heinlein's other novels and watch as they once again save the multiverse.

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

Author
rhysean

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
212,565

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
484

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Dr. Richard Ames is having dinner with his companion when a stranger asks him to kill a man. Who is the man he is asked to kill? Hint

Oliver

Tolliver

Gulliver

Bovril

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Dr. Ames' date that evening? Hint

All of the choices are correct

Hazel Meade-Davis

Sadie Lipshitz

Gwendolyn Novak

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was Richard living at the beginning of the book? Hint

Hong Kong Luna

Beulahland

Secundus

Golden Rule

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Question 4 of 10

4. The code words the stranger uses to get Richard to listen to him are known to few people. What were they? Hint

Sam Morton

Spencer Davis

Walker Evans

Thomas Dixon

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Question 5 of 10

5. What name was Richard previously known by? Hint

Major Mark McDonough

Colonel Colin Campbell

Lieutenant Larry Linklater

Sergeant Steve Secord

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Question 6 of 10

6. Jinx Henderson and his wife Ingrid live in which "Pressure" in the moon? Hint

Dry Bones

Pravda

Lucky Dragon

Soupie McClanahan

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is Luna's motto? Hint

TANSTAALW - There ain't no such thing as a loose woman

TANSM- There ain't no such motto

TANSTAG- There ain't no such thing as ghosts

TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the villain created by Hazel and her grandson, Buster, for their serial? Hint

Captain John Sterling

The Scourge of the Spaceways

The Black Hat

The Galactic Overlord

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Question 9 of 10

9. What medical procedure does Richard have on Tertius after the battle at the Raffles Hotel (where he is rescued by Laz/Lor and gang)? Hint

heart transplant

breast augmentation

a new foot is grafted on

kidney transplant

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who turned out to be the donor of the body part Richard had operated on? Hint

Jubal Harshaw

Lazarus Long

Zebadiah Carter

Professor Rufo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dr. Richard Ames is having dinner with his companion when a stranger asks him to kill a man. Who is the man he is asked to kill?

Answer: Tolliver

"Tolliver must die by noon Sunday or we'll all be dead!"

2. Who was Dr. Ames' date that evening?

Answer: All of the choices are correct

This was a tricky question. Gwen/Hazel/Sadie was known by all of those names (although, in this case, Richard was having dinner with "Gwen").

3. Where was Richard living at the beginning of the book?

Answer: Golden Rule

The Manager of Golden Rule essentially turfs them out and they go to Luna.

4. The code words the stranger uses to get Richard to listen to him are known to few people. What were they?

Answer: Walker Evans

Walker Evans was the name of Richard's commanding officer when Richard was known as Colonel Colin Campbell. Colin and some others were forced to eat their commanding officer when no other option for survival was available. Or were they?

5. What name was Richard previously known by?

Answer: Colonel Colin Campbell

He dropped with "Campbell's Killers" at Solis Lacus.

6. Jinx Henderson and his wife Ingrid live in which "Pressure" in the moon?

Answer: Dry Bones

Ingrid is Gwen/Hazel's grand-daughter.

7. What is Luna's motto?

Answer: TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch

I think everyone should have this as a motto.

8. What is the name of the villain created by Hazel and her grandson, Buster, for their serial?

Answer: The Galactic Overlord

Captain John Sterling was the hero who fought against the Galactic Overlord in each episode of the series, "The Scourge of the Spaceways". (The Black Hats were villains in another Heinlein book, "The Number of the Beast".)

9. What medical procedure does Richard have on Tertius after the battle at the Raffles Hotel (where he is rescued by Laz/Lor and gang)?

Answer: a new foot is grafted on

Richard/Colin lost his foot in the same war where "Walker Evans" was his commanding officer.

10. Who turned out to be the donor of the body part Richard had operated on?

Answer: Lazarus Long

The reader also finds out that Lazarus Long, aka Woodrow Wilson Smith et al is Richard/Colin's father.

Source: Author rhysean

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