"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Chapter 2

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1. The PLO, IRA, Gas Board, and British Nuclear Fuels all attempt to take credit for the explosion with which Chapter 1 had just ended. To what is the explosion eventually attributed? A volcano. Wood, metal, concrete, and plastic fatigue. Nonlinear, catastrophic structural exasperation. A meteorite.

2. Was anybody killed in the explosion? Yes No

3. American Kate Schecter was unconscious when the chapter opened, busily examining the contents of cabin trunks in her subconscious. About a tenth of the cabin trunks contained "vivid and often painful or uncomfortable memories of her past life." What did the other nine tenths of the trunks contain? Answer: (One Word)

4. The contents of the bedside bowl in Kate's hospital room contrast strongly later with the contents of a bedside bowl in another hospital room. What did Kate's bowl contain? Nothing. Fake fruit. An orange. A single banana.

5. At what time of day did Kate finally emerge from her coma? In the middle of a shift change. Just at sunrise. The wee hours of the morning. Just at sunset.

6. What did Kate get up and go off in search of? The large, Nordic man. A drink of water. A lavatory. A newspaper.

7. Kate took off on her quest, only to stumble upon the unconscious figure of the large, Nordic man. He had two extremely odd items in his room. One was a sledgehammer. The other was a vending machine. What kind? Answer: (A brand of soft drink.)

8. The sight of the large, Nordic man, along with the sledgehammer and the vending machine, made Kate woozy. Then she heard noises she originally attributed to approaching unconsciousness and another visit with the contents of her cabin trunks. She did eventually figure out where the sound was coming from. Where? Inside the vending machine. Behind the window curtains. In the closet. In the hallway.

9. Kate bravely, perhaps foolhardily, uncovered the source of the sound. What was it? Answer: (One Word - be specific)

10. The source of the sound sent Kate fleeing from the room. This was too much activity in her weakened state, and she fainted. Kate was returned to her bed. What happened to the large, Nordic man? He awakened. He was hauled off. He died. Nothing. He stayed where he was, doing what he had been doing, which was nothing.