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Metro Girl Trivia Quiz

You may know of Janet Evanovich's heroine Stephanie Plum, but have you heard of Alex Barnaby? 'Metro Girl' is Alex's first adventure. Warning: possible spoiler alert.

A multiple-choice quiz by lones78. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
lones78

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
327,479

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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182

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The heroine of 'Metro Girl', Alexandra Barnaby, has a nickname given to her by her family when she was young. What is this nickname? Hint

Alex

Baby

Blondie

Barney

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where does Alex find the spare key to her brother's apartment? Hint

Under a flower pot

With a neighbor

Over the door frame

Pretend dog poop

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Question 3 of 10

3. Before Bill went missing, he used to work on a boat in the same marina that he went missing from. What is the name of the boat he used to work on? Hint

Happy Hooker

Flex II

Double H

Sea Ray

4. Maria, a local woman, went missing at around the same time as Bill. Alex has a 'funny feeling' about this so she starts looking into her disappearance which includes finding her workplace. Where kind of work does Maria do? Hint

Treasure hunting

Waitressing

Rolling cigars

Research for the Coast Guard

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Question 5 of 10

5. Of the names listed below, which did NOT help Alex in the search for her brother? Hint

Victor Sanchez

Jude Corker

Sam Hooker

Rosa

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Question 6 of 10

6. It comes up in conversation that Alex has previously been engaged three times. Which of the following occupations did any of her former fiances NOT have? Hint

NASCAR driver

Photographer

Kickboxer

Bartender

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Question 7 of 10

7. You can probably guess from the outset that Bill and Maria are eventually found. Where are they found? Hint

In the Flex II boat

Palm Beach

The Everglades

Near a small island off Cuba

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Question 8 of 10

8. After a night spent in the jungle, Alex uses the 'bathroom' and is then warned by Hooker that she has WHAT in her hair? Hint

Leeches

A small snake

Bird droppings

A spider

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Question 9 of 10

9. Todd (a previous workmate of Bill's and a friend of Jude's) rescued Alex and Hooker after they had been abducted and taken to Flex II. How did Todd manage to get them off the boat? Hint

A missile launcher from shore sunk the boat

He started a fire downstairs on the boat

He ambushed the boat and shot everyone on board

He drove the boat into a reef, jolting the bad guys over the edge into the water

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Question 10 of 10

10. Alex was taken (AGAIN!) and held hostage with Maria towards the end of the story. Hooker rescued them this time with quite a bit of help. Of the following, who didn't help Hooker in the rescue? Hint

Some Harley bikers

Some NASCAR workers

Alex's brother, Bill

Judey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The heroine of 'Metro Girl', Alexandra Barnaby, has a nickname given to her by her family when she was young. What is this nickname?

Answer: Barney

Most people call Alexandra 'Alex' and that is what she prefers. However, when she was young, her family started calling her 'Barney' and it has stuck.

2. Where does Alex find the spare key to her brother's apartment?

Answer: Pretend dog poop

Alex and Bill's father has always thought that hiding keys in fake dog poop is hilarious, to the point that everyone in Baltimore knows where their spare key is hidden! Alex assumes that Bill is in agreement with their father and looks in the garden for some fake dog poop. She eventually finds it under an overgrown bush near Bill's apartment building.

3. Before Bill went missing, he used to work on a boat in the same marina that he went missing from. What is the name of the boat he used to work on?

Answer: Flex II

Bill used to work on Flex II which is owned by a company called Calflex, which no one seems to know what they do. The Happy Hooker is Sam Hooker's boat, Double H is another name referring to Hooker's boat later in the book and Sea Ray is a boat used later by a couple of the 'bad guys'.

Answer: Rolling cigars

Maria works in a factory rolling cigars. According to her workmate, Rosa, she is very good at it as she has good hands. Maria has spent the last few years looking for gold that was supposedly smuggled into Cuba by her grandfather, thus making another of her hobbies treasure hunting.
Maria's roommate is a waitress.

5. Of the names listed below, which did NOT help Alex in the search for her brother?

Answer: Victor Sanchez

Sam Hooker is the NASCAR driver whose boat was 'borrowed' by Alex's brother, Bill. Victor Sanchez was the security guard killed at around the same time that Hooker's boat disappeared. Jude Corker used to go to school with Alex, she ran into him walking his dog when she was first looking for Bill. Rosa works in a factory rolling cigars. Hooker, Jude and Rosa all ended up helping Alex to find her brother.

6. It comes up in conversation that Alex has previously been engaged three times. Which of the following occupations did any of her former fiances NOT have?

Answer: NASCAR driver

The conversation was between Bill (Alex's brother) and Hooker (NASCAR driver). Alex was first engaged to the kickboxer, then the photographer, then finally the bartender. Bill's warning to Hooker? "Barney's hell on men".

7. You can probably guess from the outset that Bill and Maria are eventually found. Where are they found?

Answer: Near a small island off Cuba

Alex and Hooker finally find Bill and Maria near a small island off the coast of Cuba. They have found the gold and a strange looking canister. Alex and Hooker help to pull up the last load from the ocean floor. They end up in the jungle hiding from the 'bad guys'.

8. After a night spent in the jungle, Alex uses the 'bathroom' and is then warned by Hooker that she has WHAT in her hair?

Answer: A spider

Hooker warns Alex that she has a spider "the size of a dinner plate" in her hair. After doing the 'yucky dance' for a few second, Alex faints and lands on the spider, killing it. Alex ends up with leeches on her when she enters the water to wash the 'spider guts' out of her hair.

9. Todd (a previous workmate of Bill's and a friend of Jude's) rescued Alex and Hooker after they had been abducted and taken to Flex II. How did Todd manage to get them off the boat?

Answer: He started a fire downstairs on the boat

Todd saw Alex and Hooker being taken from where they were staying so followed and found where they were being kept. He meant to only set of the fire alarms but accidentally set fire to the boat. He picked up Alex and Hooker in a small runabout after they jumped from the burning boat.

Answer: Alex's brother, Bill

The NASCAR workers helped by cutting holes in the vulnerable roof, where Alex and Maria were being held, with their oxy-acetylene torches. The bikers helped with a bit of extra man-power and Judey was also along for the ride. Bill, after being shot in the arm and chest, was in no condition to perform anything, let alone a rescue.

Source: Author lones78

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