Literature Review: Ivor Belli and Mary O'Meaghan

Comprehensive practice questions and answers derived from literature notes concerning Mr. Ivor Belli, Sarah Belli, and Mary O'Meaghan.

On what specific day and month did Mr. Belli buy flowers to bring to the cemetery?

Saturday, March

What is the full name of the person who bought flowers for the cemetery?

Ivor Belli

In which city did Mr. Belli buy the flowers?

Brooklyn

What specific kind of flowers did Mr. Belli purchase?

Jonquils

What mode of transportation did Mr. Belli use before walking to the cemetery?

Subway

In which borough was the cemetery located?

Queens

During which season was Mr. Belli's wife buried?

Autumn

For how many years was the couple married?

$27$ years

How many daughters did Mr. Belli have?

$$2$$

What color were the acres of stone spilled across the plateau at the cemetery?

fog-colored

The view of which city's skyline provided the location with beauty of a "stage-prop sort"?

Manhattan

What was Mr. Belli's profession?

Tax accountant

What is the name and age of Mr. Belli's grandson?

Morty, aged $3$

To what location did Mr. Belli think he should have taken Morty instead of the cemetery?

Zoo

What type of calligraphy was used on the rough gray slab of the rock urn?

Gothic

What was the full name of Mr. Belli's wife?

Sarah Belli

In what year was Sarah Belli born?

$$1901$$

In what year did Sarah Belli die?

$$1959$$

What are the names of Mr. Belli's two daughters?

Ivy and Rebecca

What item of clothing did Mr. Belli wish he had worn because the sunshine was "false" and lacked warmth?

Scarf

What illness caused Sarah Belli's death?

Heart condition

Which character's father also died of a heart condition?

Mary

What was Mary's profession, which Mr. Belli identified by her shoes?

Nurse

How did Mary receive her watch as a gift?

Graduate high school

What color was Mr. Belli's watch that was embedded in a vest pocket?

Gold

What color was Mary's hair?

Blond

Based on her skin, from which region of Europe was Mary from?

Scandinavia

What color were Mary's eyes?

Blue

What specific hair type did Mary have?

Frizzle

What was Mr Belli’s height?

$$5 \text{ foot } 8$$

What color was Mary's coat?

Brown

What color was Mary's purse?

Black

What was the name of Mr. Belli's secretary?

Esther Jackson

What did Mr. Belli guess Miss Jackson's age to be?

$$40$$

To which Swedish dish did Mr. Belli compare Mary's purse when looking for treats?

Smorgasbord

What kind of nut did Mary scoop out of her purse?

Peanuts

What was the name of Mary's father?

Pop

At what location did Mary fall off a roller coaster, leading to her knee injury?

Coney

Despite her knee injury, what activity does Mary like to do?

Dance

Mr. Belli observed Mary's fingers brushing the marble lettering as if she were reading what?

Braille

What was Mary's last name?

O'Meaghan

What ethnicity did Mary wish she was?

Italian

What kind of sauce did Mary like to make with spaghetti?

Sea-food sauce

Along with being Russian, what other ethnic background did Mr. Belli identify with?

Jewish

In which country was Mr. Belli born?

Russia

Which TV program made characters feel proud to be Russian?

Bolshoi Ballet

Which meal can be served hot or cold and with sour cream?

Red cabbage soup

In which city does Ivy live?

Bronxville

What is the profession of Ivy's husband?

Dental surgeon

What is the name of Rebecca's husband?

A.J. Krakower

At which law firm was A.J. Krakower a junior partner?

Finnegan

What items did Sarah self-make?

Hats

For which animals did Sarah scatter crumbs on snowy window sills?

Pigeons

What kind of flower did Mr. Belli wish he had brought Sarah instead of jonquils?

Orchid

Where did Sarah store her orchid until it shriveled?

Icebox

How many children does Mary's sister have?

$5$ ($4$ boys, $1$ girl)

What is the name of Mary's sister?

Dot

What is the name of Dot's husband?

Frank

What drink was served to make kids sleepy during a pillow fight?

Hot cocoa

How many times a day does Mr. Belli scrape and talcum his jowls?

Twice

Which pattern emphasized Mr. Belli's "middle-class, middle-aged ordinariness"?

Camouflage

How old did Mr. Belli tell Mary he was?

$$51$$

What was Mr. Belli's actual age?

$$55$$

Where did Mary used to live?

Sacred Heart

What business was Pop in?

Records

Name two female celebrities Mr. Belli was in love with, in addition to Helen Morgan.

Ruby Keeler, Jean Harlow

Which celebrity was described as an "albino-pale, a sequinned wraith shimmering beyond Ziegfeld footlights"?

Helen Morgan

How did Helen Morgan die?

Drank herself to death

Whose voice did Mary's voice sound exactly like?

Helen Morgan

What would Mr. Belli hand Mary if she were a child?

Balloon

What was the name of Rebecca's mother-in-law?

Dr. Pauline Krakower

What was Dr. Pauline Krakower's profession?

Dentist (retired)

What was the name of Sarah's best friend?

Brownie Pollock

What color was the orchid Mr. Belli would buy for Esther with a lavender-ribbon bow?

Purple

In which two vacation spots did couples honeymoon at the latest?

Miami, Bermuda

Who told Mary that the cemetery obituary column was the place to find a husband?

Annie Austin

In which two locations are widowers said to be always walking around?

Cemetery or Woodlawn