Dead Connection quiz

By Charlie Price

1.  How did Murray’s best friend, Dearly, die?

  1. Broke her neck in a car wreck.
  2. Got drunk and wrecked a car.
  3. Bled to death after a car wreck.
  4. Died of a brain tumor.

2.  The night Nikki Parker disappeared, she was

  1. going to her car after cheerleading practice.
  2. leaving a private tennis lesson with John Turner.
  3. seen riding on the back of her ex-boyfriend’s Harley.
  4. seen talking to Buell Nostrum, a bus driver.

3.  Both Murray and Pearl’s mothers

  1. volunteered at the school.
  2. were dead.
  3. were considered “party girls”.
  4. loved to cook.

4.  How did Murray feel about Mr. Janochek?

  1. He was afraid of him.
  2. He looked down on him because he worked in a cemetery.
  3. He was disgusted with him.
  4. He loved him.

5.  How would you describe Nikki’s killing?

  1. Premeditated (planned) murder
  2. Accidental killing
  3. Serial killing
  4. Rape/murder

6.  Who was Gates source in seeing the white car with the whip antenna?

  1. Robert
  2. Drummond
  3. Bruce
  4. Peggy

7.  For Billup, blacking out, losing nights and entire weekends, were signs that he was

  1. dying.
  2. an alcoholic.
  3. mentally ill.
  4. a split personality.

8.  What was one possible reason Gates wanted so badly to find out what happened to Nikki?

  1. To prove he was a good detective.
  2. Because he’d lost his teenage son.
  3. To start a private investigative agency.
  4. He hated unsolved cases.

9.  Why did Billups choose Murray to attack?

  1. He saw him walking nearby.
  2. He was the first person he thought of.
  3. He was the closest and least able to cause him trouble.
  4. Vera wasn’t around.

10.  Why did Pearl decide to take matters into her own hands?

  1. Nikki asked her to.
  2. The Craddocks wanted her to.
  3. Murray asked her to.
  4. She wanted to rescue Nikki.

Answers: 1. c, 2. a, 3. c, 4. d, 5. b, 6. a, 7. b, 8. b, 9. c, 10. d