Shakespeare
Literature
Other Subjects
Blog
Log In
Help
Perform Search
Shakespeare
Literature
Other Subjects
Blog
Log In
Help
Home
Literature
The Assistant
Full Book Quiz
The Assistant
by:
Bernard Malamud
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six, Part One
Chapter Six, Part two
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Characters
Character List
Morris Bober
Frank Alpine
Helen Bober
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Table of Contents
Full Book Quiz
Further study
Full Book Quiz
This page requires JavaScript
, which you don't seem to have. Please try a different browser.
1. Who is Martin Bober's wife?
Tessie
Ida
Helen
Betty
Golda
2. Who is Martin Bober's daughter?
Helen
Tessie
Ida
Golda
Betty
3. What ethnicity is Frank Alpine?
Jewish
Polish
Italian
French
German
4. Who asks Helen to marry him?
Frank Alpine
Louis Karp
Ward Minogue
Nat Pearl
Al Marcus
5. With whom did Helen loose her virginity
Nat Pearl
Louis Karp
Hymie Breitbart
Ward Minogue
Julius Karp
6. What type of store does Louis Karp run?
Grocery Store
Shoe Store
Candy Store
Liquor Store
Fruit and Vegetable Stand
7. Where did Martin Bober immigrate to America from?
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Russia
8. Who is always Martin Bober's first customer of the day?
Julius Karp who uses the telephone
Nick Fuso who buys ham and a loaf of bread
The workmen from around the corner who buy coffee
An old Polish woman who buys a roll
Frank Alpine who buys cigarettes
9. What does Ward Minogue's father do for a living?
He i's a detective
He is a grocer
He is a banker
He is an attorney
He owns a liquor store
10. What legendary figure is Frank Alpine obsessed with?
Saint Francis of Assisi
King Arthur
Sir Perceval
The Apostle Paul
Napoleon
11. What does Helen Bober do for a living?
She's a secretary
She is a teacher
She is a student
She is a lawyer
She works in her father's grocery
12. What present does Frank Alpine give Helen Bober?
The Bible
Perfume
A car
A leather bound version of Shakespeare and a scarf
A new coat
13. Where do Frank Alpine and Helen Bober frequently meet?
The subway
Coney Island
Sam Pearl's Candy store
The library
The basement of the store
14. What does Frank Alpine use the dumbwaiter for?
To bring bottles up from the basement
To hide his gun on
To store extra supplies from the grocery
To spy on Helen in the bathroom
To spy on Morris and Ida before stealing things from the store
15. Who is the most profitable merchant on the street and what does he sell?
Morris Bober, groceries
Sam Pearl, candy
Breitbart, light bulbs
Julius Karp, liquor
Otto Vogel, meat
16. Who initially tries to rape Helen?
Nat Pearl
Louis Karp
A random man on the subway
Ward Minogue
Hymie Breitbart
17. Where did Frank Alpine grow up?
Italy
New Jersey.
Kansas
California
Florida
18. Who burns down Julius Karp's store?
An anonymous arsonist that Morris hired
Louis Karp
Frank Alpine
Ward Minogue
Nick Fuso
19. What type of food does Frank start making in his store?
Pastry
Pretzels
Hotdogs
Pizza
Orange Juice
20. What profession did Morris want to pursue before buying his store?
Law
Medicine
Teaching
Pharmacy
Shoe making
21. Who is the light bulb salesman?
Charlie
Sam Pearl
Julius Karp
Breitbart
Al Marcus
22. What does Morris die of?
A Heart attack
A stroke
Gas inhalation
Pneumonia
Cancer
23. How does Frank find money for the store when times are tough?
He borrows it from Louis Karp
He steals it from other grocery stores
He negotiates a loan with the bank
He earns it as an all-night counter boy
He blackmails Ward Minogue into giving it to him
24. What does Nat Pearl do for a living?
He is studying to be a rabbi
He is a factory worker
He works in his parents candy store
He is studying to be a lawyer
He is a professor at a nearby college
25. What gift does Frank decide to give Helen at the end of the novel?
A first edition copy of
Anna Karenina
A new coat
A typewriter
The privilege of paying for her college education
A new apartment
Previous section
Context
Next section
Study Questions
The Assistant: Popular pages
CHARACTERS
Character List
CHARACTERS
Morris Bober: Character Analysis
MAIN IDEAS
Important Quotations Explained
MAIN IDEAS
Themes
Take a Study Break
8 Weirdly Specific Things That Happen in Every Dystopian Novel
Dec 3, 2019
Literary Characters Summed Up in Quotes from
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dec 6, 2019
Snapchats from Greek Mythology
Dec 9, 2019
Romeo and Juliet
As Told in a Series of Texts
Nov 22, 2019
QUIZ: Is This a Lord Byron Poem or a Fall Out Boy Song?
Nov 27, 2019