Chapter 1

Questions

1. Where's Charlie at the beginning of the story?
2. What does Charlie give to the barman to give to Mr. Schaeffer?
3. Where did Charlie used to spend a lot of time before the 1929 stock market crash?
4. Where does Charlie live and work now?
5. Why's Charlie back in town?
6. What does the city remind Charlie of?
7. What does Charlie give Honoria?
8. When did Charlie last see his daughter?
9. What do Parisians think of Americans after the stock market crash?
10. What does Charlie realize the meaning of near the end of the first chapter?
11. What happened to Charlie's wife?
12. What happened to Honoria after her mother's death?

Answers

1. In the Ritz in Paris
2. His brother-in-law's address
3. Paris
4. Prague
5. To see his daughter who's staying with her aunt and uncle
6. His former days of debauchery and partying
7. A doll he bought for her
8. Ten months ago
9. They no longer assume that all Americans are wealthy.
10. The word “dissipate”
11. She's dead.
12. Marion and Lincoln assumed custody of her.