American Novel Quiz

I thought group members might want to play with this quiz, which asks
some easy to middling-hard questions about some famous American novels.
Give yourself a niner if you know the answer to the first question and
a tenner if you can answer the bonus point question.

(i) In Frank Norris's _McTeague, why does Mac kill Trina?
Bonus point: What is the relationship between Norris's two novels _The
Octopus_ and _The Pit_?

(ii) In Jack London's _The Call of the Wild_, what is the name of the
dog who hears the call?
Bonus point: What happens to young Martin in the last chapter of
_Martin Eden_?

(iii) What is Carrie's profession at the end of Theodore Dreiser's
_Sister Carrie_?
Bonus point: To what city do Jenny and Lester Kane go to escape the
notice of Cinncinati society in _Jenny Gerhardt_?

(iv) In Willa Cather's _Death Comes for the Archbishop_, what imposing
structure does Father Latour cause to be built?
Bonus point: What is the name of the real town on which the town of
Black Hawk is based in _My Antonia_?

(v) What is the problem that prevents Jake Barnes and Lady Brett
Ashley from becoming lovers in Ernest Hemingway's _The Sun Also Rises_?
Bonus point: In _The Old Man and the Sea_, what is the favorite game
of the Old Man and the Boy?

(vi) In William Faulkner's _The Unvanquished_, what is the name of
Bayard Sartoris's young African-American pal?
Bonus point: What does the title of Faulkner's novella _Old Man_ refer
to?

(vii) What dramatic incident happens on a railway platform in Scott
Fitzgerald's _Tender is the Night_?
Bonus point: Who is supposedly the inspiration for the male protagonist
in Fitzgerald's unfinished novel, _The Lsst Tycoon_?

(viii) In Thomas Wolfe's _You Can't Go Home Again_, George Webber
attends a lavish party at the apartment of his mistress, Esther Jack.
What incident ends the party?
Bonus point: What well-known sculptor does Wolfe satirize in the book's
party episode?

(ix) What is Holden Caulfield's little sister's name in J.D.
Salinger's _The Catcher in the Rye_?
Bonus point: Why does Holden rush out the apartment of his former
English teacher, Mr. Antolini?

(x) On what famous Beat poet is the character of Japhy Ryder based in
Jack Kerouac's _The Dharma Bums_?
Bonus Point: What does the word "dharma" mean?