SparkNotes: The Assistant: Quiz

Who is Martin Bober's wife?

(A) Tessie

(B) Ida

(C) Helen

(D) Betty

(E) Golda

Who is Martin Bober's daughter?

(A) Helen

(B) Tessie

(C) Ida

(D) Golda

(E) Betty

What ethnicity is Frank Alpine?

(A) Jewish

(B) Polish

(C) Italian

(D) French

(E) German

Who asks Helen to marry him?

(A) Frank Alpine

(B) Louis Karp

(C) Ward Minogue

(D) Nat Pearl

(E) Al Marcus

With whom did Helen loose her virginity

(A) Nat Pearl

(B) Louis Karp

(C) Hymie Breitbart

(D) Ward Minogue

(E) Julius Karp

What type of store does Louis Karp run?

(A) Grocery Store

(B) Shoe Store

(C) Candy Store

(D) Liquor Store

(E) Fruit and Vegetable Stand

Where did Martin Bober immigrate to America from?

(A) Hungary

(B) Czechoslovakia

(C) Germany

(D) Poland

(E) Russia

Who is always Martin Bober's first customer of the day?

(A) Julius Karp who uses the telephone

(B) Nick Fuso who buys ham and a loaf of bread

(C) The workmen from around the corner who buy coffee

(D) An old Polish woman who buys a roll

(E) Frank Alpine who buys cigarettes

What does Ward Minogue's father do for a living?

(A) He i's a detective

(B) He is a grocer

(C) He is a banker

(D) He is an attorney

(E) He owns a liquor store

What legendary figure is Frank Alpine obsessed with?

(A) Saint Francis of Assisi

(B) King Arthur

(C) Sir Perceval

(D) The Apostle Paul

(E) Napoleon

What does Helen Bober do for a living?

(A) She's a secretary

(B) She is a teacher

(C) She is a student

(D) She is a lawyer

(E) She works in her father's grocery

What present does Frank Alpine give Helen Bober?

(A) The Bible

(B) Perfume

(C) A car

(D) A leather bound version of Shakespeare and a scarf

(E) A new coat

Where do Frank Alpine and Helen Bober frequently meet?

(A) The subway

(B) Coney Island

(C) Sam Pearl's Candy store

(D) The library

(E) The basement of the store

What does Frank Alpine use the dumbwaiter for?

(A) To bring bottles up from the basement

(B) To hide his gun on

(C) To store extra supplies from the grocery

(D) To spy on Helen in the bathroom

(E) To spy on Morris and Ida before stealing things from the store

Who is the most profitable merchant on the street and what does he sell?

(A) Morris Bober, groceries

(B) Sam Pearl, candy

(C) Breitbart, light bulbs

(D) Julius Karp, liquor

(E) Otto Vogel, meat

Who initially tries to rape Helen?

(A) Nat Pearl

(B) Louis Karp

(C) A random man on the subway

(D) Ward Minogue

(E) Hymie Breitbart

Where did Frank Alpine grow up?

(A) Italy

(B) New Jersey.

(C) Kansas

(D) California

(E) Florida

Who burns down Julius Karp's store?

(A) An anonymous arsonist that Morris hired

(B) Louis Karp

(C) Frank Alpine

(D) Ward Minogue

(E) Nick Fuso

What type of food does Frank start making in his store?

(A) Pastry

(B) Pretzels

(C) Hotdogs

(D) Pizza

(E) Orange Juice

What profession did Morris want to pursue before buying his store?

(A) Law

(B) Medicine

(C) Teaching

(D) Pharmacy

(E) Shoe making

Who is the light bulb salesman?

(A) Charlie

(B) Sam Pearl

(C) Julius Karp

(D) Breitbart

(E) Al Marcus

What does Morris die of?

(A) A Heart attack

(B) A stroke

(C) Gas inhalation

(D) Pneumonia

(E) Cancer

How does Frank find money for the store when times are tough?

(A) He borrows it from Louis Karp

(B) He steals it from other grocery stores

(C) He negotiates a loan with the bank

(D) He earns it as an all-night counter boy

(E) He blackmails Ward Minogue into giving it to him

What does Nat Pearl do for a living?

(A) He is studying to be a rabbi

(B) He is a factory worker

(C) He works in his parents candy store

(D) He is studying to be a lawyer

(E) He is a professor at a nearby college

What gift does Frank decide to give Helen at the end of the novel?

(A) A first edition copy of Anna Karenina

(B) A new coat

(C) A typewriter

(D) The privilege of paying for her college education

(E) A new apartment