English Gun Dealers Daughter Part 1 review

What had just happened at the Nice Airport when the Narrator arrives?

A commercial had been filmed

What is the Narrator's name?

Sol

What does the Narrator ask the young sailor?

In what ways could she be of service (asking for a job)

What are the two ways the Narrator attempts suicide?

She tries to drown/Cuts her wrists

Where is the Narrator taken after she is rescued from the sea by Uncle Gianni?

To Olive Groves

What is dysgraphia?

A disorder where it affects you ability to write

Where is Chapter 2 set?

New York

How much time has passed between chapter 1 and 2?

A long time (months away; or had it been a year, or two dozen months?)

What is the Narrator diagnosed with at the start of Chapter 3?

Anterograde amnesia

What does the Narrator find in the oriel room that disturbs her?

A painting

How does the Narrator feel about Madame Vera?

Doesn't like her (Sol doesn't like fake people)

What are the Narrator's parents doing in Alabang?

Creating a new life

Where is the Hudson River?

In New York, by their house

What is Madame Esdrujula's problem?

She sweats too much

How is Madame Esdrujula's problem solved?

Her maid brings towels and wipes off the sweat

How did The Secretary and the Narrator's father meet?

At school

What does Colonel Grier collect that the Narrator has knowledge about?

Byzantine coins

What country is the pianist from?

Philippines

In Chapter 8

we learn when the Narrator's family bought and lived in the New York house originally. Why did they move there?,Because of the Martial Law being placed, their family made a lot of money by selling guns, then left so that they weren't there for the violence.

Who is the "headless woman

all in white"?,Emily Dickinson

What was on the Narrator's childhood wallpaper in her room?

Roald Dahl

List the political groups freshmen belong to in the Narrator's freshmen college dorm

Maoist, Marxist-Lennists, natdems, soc-dems, god-dems

Why does the narrator need to stay in Manila for college?

She was too sick

Whose approval does the Narrator say she most values?

Soli

How does the Narrator feel about Edwin?

She thinks he's a wuss

What are the Narrator's jobs in Jed and Soli's group?

Getting copper coins and getting paint

What does Jed enjoy doing

though it's not his job?,Graffiti against the police, for revolution

What are the two things the Narrator confesses in her nightmare interrogations?

She vandalized the bridges and had an affair

Where are Jed and the Narrator painting their political graffiti?

A wall near an overpass, church, cemetery, schools, playgrounds

What is Room 1616?

The last place they vandalized; where she was taken care of when she was sick in manila

What memory does the Narrator remember when she sees the policeman?

her only memory of the effects of Martial Law

What happens when the Narrator and Jed are caught graffitiing?

The Police lets them go, offers to drive them home

When was Inocentes born?

A week after the winter solstice, Sols birthday

Why does Edwin say that the Narrator joined the group?

Solipsism: self centered

What does "tokayo" mean?

Having the same name

What are the "Soli/Noli/Fili"?

The trinity of the revolution

What happens after the Narrator meets Soli?

She threw up on her