High Life Low Life

Chapter 5:

1) Who did Nat meet at McFadden’s bar?

2) What did he tell him about how Mr. Whittaker had made his fortune?

3) Who was in the photo of the newspaper article that Ed showed Nat?

4) What was Tom Whittaker like, according to Ed?

5) What similarities and differences were there between Nat and Mr. Whittaker at his age?

6) Did Mr. Whittaker live for his work?

7) Why did Stella and Nat think that Mrs. Whittaker was a strange woman?

8) What did Bob, the doorman, tell Nat about Mrs. Whittaker and her visitors?

Chapter 6:

1) Who was Captain Oldenberg? Why did Nat phone him?

2) What did Nat know about Jackie Clayton?

3) What did Nat call Ed for?

4) Who was Joe Blaney? Why did Nat phone him?

5) What did a bartender in East Village tell Nat about Jackie?

6) Who was Mr. Wiseman? What did he tell Nat about Jackie?

7) How did Joe get to talk to Mrs. Whittaker?

8) What did Joe say about her visit to the old lady?

9) What did Charlie Whittaker tell Wilma Patterson about his parents?

Chapter 7:

1) Who had been watching Wiseman Cabs? What did he tell Nat?

2) Why did Dr. Fischer call Nat? What did Nat tell her?

3) Ed gave Nat a photocopy of a news story at McFadden’s, what was it about?

4) Why had Weissmann changed his name?

5) What did Nat finally agree to do for Stella?

Chapter 8:

1) What did Nat decide to do in the middle of the night? Why?

2) Why did Martha call Nat?

3) Was Martha sad when Nat and Stella arrived at Mrs. Whittaker’s apartment?

4) What did Martha say about Mrs. Whittaker? Did she touch her body?

5) When did Martha find out Mrs. Whittaker was dead?

6) When had she last seen her alive?

7) What did the doctor say after examining Mrs. Whittaker’s body?

8) Why was Nat surprised when he went into the kitchen to talk to Martha?

9) Had Martha touched anything in Mrs. Whittaker’s room?

10) Why did Nat send Martha to buy some cookies?

11) What did the doctor say about the bottle of sleeping pills?

12) Did Martha give Nat important information when he talked to her while he waited for Charlie?