Q 01/05

The Wells family factory that employs Gutshot in An Abundance of Katherines makes which product?

A) Shoelaces

B) Tampon strings

C) Guitar strings

D) Fishing line

Answer · why

B) Tampon strings

Tampon strings are what the mill makes, which embarrasses Lindsey when Colin asks about it. Her great-grandfather founded the business, and the whole ...

Q 02/05

Colin and Hassan pull off the highway at Gutshot to see the supposed tomb of which historical figure?

A) Kaiser Wilhelm II

B) Tsar Nicholas II

C) Franz Ferdinand

D) Otto von Bismarck

Answer · why

C) Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand, the archduke whose 1914 assassination set off World War I, died in Sarajevo, so Colin doubts the roadside sign at once. Lindsey Lee W...

Q 03/05

Which courtroom TV show has Hassan Harbish spent his year after high school watching instead of studying?

A) Judge Judy

B) The People's Court

C) Law & Order

D) Divorce Court

Answer · why

A) Judge Judy

Judge Judy is the show Hassan calls the love of his life, and his parents fear he is wasting his days on it. Colin wins the Harbishes over by promisin...

Q 04/05

Where is the secret hideout that Lindsey Lee Wells shows only to Colin in An Abundance of Katherines?

A) A treehouse

B) A barn loft

C) A boathouse

D) A cave

Answer · why

D) A cave

A cave in the woods is Lindsey's refuge, found on a hike when she was in eighth grade. Inside it is too dark to see, and that is where she and Colin f...

Q 05/05

Colin Singleton believes everyone in a romance falls into one of which two categories?

A) Givers and Takers

B) Dumpers and Dumpees

C) Leaders and Followers

D) Talkers and Listeners

Answer · why

B) Dumpers and Dumpees

Dumpers and Dumpees are Colin's two types, and he counts himself firmly among the second. The split becomes the first variable in his relationship The...