| 1. | Give the full name, as far as known, of the following people: | |
| a. | The Chief Inspector of Homicide | |
| b. | His top sergeant | |
| c. | The lieutenant whom Archie dislikes | |
| d. | Wolfe's chef | |
| e. | Wolfe's orchid man up in the plant rooms | |
| f. | Wolfe's cleaning man | |
| g. | The owner of Wolfe's favorite restaurant | |
| h. | Archie's girl friend | |
| i. | The three freelance detectives Wolfe uses regularly | |
| j. | Wolfe's Lawyer | |
| k. | Archie's contact at the New York Gazette | |
| l. | The doctor that Wolfe uses | |
| m. | Wolfe's adopted daughter | |
| 2. | Wolfe occasionally used two other (male) detectives besides the usual three. | |
| a. | what are their names? | |
| b. | One of them gets killed. In what way and in which story? | |
| 3. | What are the names of the two female detectives Wolfe dealt with at times? | |
| a. | One of these has a whole book to herself. What is its title? | |
| 4. | The Homicide Inspector mentioned above also is the protagonist in his own book. What is its title? | |
| 5. | The killer in one of the stories has the same last name as one of the "regulars" (mentioned in Question 1). | |
| a. | What is his full name? | |
| b. | What is the name of his counterpart? | |
| c. | In which story does he appear in? | |
| 6. | There were two people, not regulars or government officials, who appeared in two stories each. | |
| a. | Name each person | |
| b. | Name the two stories in which each appeared | |
| 7. | Wolfe's archenemy (a sort of Napoleon of crime, as Prof. Moriarity was to Sherlock Homes) appears in one story and is merely a phone caller in two others. Name this person, and the three stories. | |
| 8. | Give the full name of Wolfe's contact in London. | |
| 9. | Give the full name of the Long Island orchid-grower who is mentioned in several of the stories. | |
| a. | This man played a large part in one of the stories. Which one? | |
| 10. | What is the name of the cab driver that Archie used at times? | |
