Fun Trivia : Hammett, Dashiell

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Hammett, Dashiell

The job having been finished, so to speak, and the reports filed on this $10,000 job for the Agency, what does the Opget from his boss?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


Merry hell. The boss, referred to by the Op here and in the other stories as the Old Man, usually only shows polite indifference, but has an emotional response to the Op's liberties in the field on this case.



Having chosen to experience an evening of drinking and drugs with Dinah, what does the central character fear he may have done?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


Killed Dinah. The Op has some interesting dreams from his drug abuse, and isn't so sure that he didn't stick that ice pick into Dinah.



When Thaler breaks out of jail, where does he hide out?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


Elihu's mansion. Elihu is pretty much forced to shelter Max due to all the incriminating information Max has on Elihu's way of running the city. Paul is the political manipulator of "The Glass Key".



Who did Noonan forgive for killing Noonan's brother Tim?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


Max Thaler. Noonan was mislead by the Op into thinking Max shot Tim. In reality (though we're talking about fictional characters) Tim was shot in a struggle with police officer Bob MacSwain over Tim's affair with Bob's wife and his then dumping her for another girl.



What is Max Thaler's major personal distinction?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


He speaks in a whisper. The guys all knew Max as "Whisper".



Who is responsible for Dinah's death?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


Reno Starkey. Did you get the idea that this character was introduced late in the story just so another murder could happen without tying up any of the other principals? Starkey shows up and Dinah's dead within 20 pages.



What is the name of the central character?

Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest"


No name is given. He is known as "the Continental Op" from Hammett's previous short works, always writing in the first person and never giving his name.