SparkNotes: Legs: Quiz

Why does Marcus decide to work for Jack Diamond?

(A) Because Jack threatens him

(B) Because he is bored

(C) Because Van Deusen dared him to

(D) Because he has always wanted to work for a criminal

Who first picks Marcus up to have dinner with Jack?

(A) The Goose

(B) Hubert

(C) Eddie

(D) Fogarty

Jack's car reminds Marcus of the car driven by whom?

(A) The President

(B) Al Unser, Jr.

(C) Arnold Rothstein

(D) The Great Gatsby

Who supplies the money for the drug deal Jack intends to make in Germany?

(A) Jimmy Biondo

(B) Jimmy Biondo and Charlie Lucky

(C) Marcus

(D) Charlie Lucky

Why don't Jack and Eddie want to shoot the mad cat in Van Wie's barn?

(A) It reminds them of their mother

(B) It reminds them of their cat, Sugarpuss, from childhood

(C) They are worried it will bite them

(D) Neither of them knows how to use a handgun

What's strange about the sailor to whom Jack speaks on his freight boat trip home from Europe?

(A) He has a tendency to spit when he pronounces certain soft consonants

(B) He only walks on one leg even though he very obviously has two of them

(C) He has feathers like a bird

(D) He chirps a lot, and carries around a bag of birdseed from which he is often seen snacking

The lapel pin that Jack wears, which draws the attention of both the press and his cousin, signifies that he is a member of what organization?

(A) The Masons

(B) The NAACP

(C) The PTA

(D) The Catholic League

What topic initiated the argument that led to Jack blinding one of The Goose's eyes?

(A) Irishmen

(B) The Catholic Church

(C) Defecating in church

(D) Rain

Whose severed body does Jesse Franklin stumble upon?

(A) Charlie Northrup's

(B) Jack's

(C) Weissberg's

(D) Jimmy Biondo's

Which two characters have tuberculosis (TB)?

(A) Jack and Eddie

(B) Rothstein and Eddie

(C) Fogarty and Eddie

(D) Fogarty and Jack

Where was Kiki when Jack was shot five times in a 64th Street hotel?

(A) At her mother's house in Boston

(B) In the shower

(C) With Marcus

(D) Hang-gliding

What does the man on the street who tells Kiki to stay in show business call her?

(A) Stupid

(B) A kangaroo, shot through the pouch

(C) A bird, wounded in the heart, the brain, and between the legs

(D) A walrus with a missing tusk

What does Alice write on the picture of her and Jack at the Polyclinic?

(A) My hero

(B) My gangster superstar

(C) 2good 2b 4gotten

(D) X O X O

Who pays for Jack's hospital bill at the Polyclinic?

(A) Jack

(B) Owney Madden

(C) Fogarty

(D) Arnold Rothstein

What new career do Marcus, Alice, and Lew Edwards suggest Jack take up?

(A) Politics

(B) Miming

(C) Preaching

(D) Selling encyclopedias door to door

What food does Kiki make for Jack?

(A) Caramel sundaes

(B) Fudge

(C) Cucumber surprises

(D) Chocolate

What does Clem Streeter have in his truck?

(A) Beer

(B) Wine

(C) Guns

(D) Hard cider

Why does Fogarty go to jail?

(A) Because he killed a cop

(B) Because he cannot afford to pay Marcus's legal fee

(C) Because he insulted the judge

(D) Because he has to hide from his assassins

After Alice and Kiki are both living with him, which woman does Jack ask to dance first?

(A) Alice

(B) Kiki

(C) The woman who squeezes her breast milk at him

(D) He asks both of them at the same time

How many years does Jack spend in jail?

(A) Four

(B) Three

(C) Ten to twenty

(D) None

Jack takes Marcus along on a beer run. Who is doing Jack a favor by providing him the opportunity to make this run?

(A) Flossie

(B) Packy Delaney

(C) Owney Madden

(D) Dutch Schultz

What song do Jack and company sing at The Parody Club?

(A) "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"

(B) "Three Coins in the Fountain"

(C) "My Mother's Rosary"

(D) "Motherly Love"

Which sexual partner do Marcus and Jack have in common?

(A) Alice

(B) Kiki

(C) The Goose

(D) Flossie

How does Alice make money after Jack dies and her show loses popularity?

(A) Whoring

(B) Extorting unions

(C) Street vending

(D) Selling her memoirs