No Place To Hide Question Guide- 3rd year

Chapter 1: New York City in fall

1) Who is the author of the novel?

2) Who is Nat Marley? Describe him.
3) Who is Stella Delgado? Describe her.
4) Who entered at Nat’s office?
5) What was their problem?
6) What questions did Nat ask them?
7) How do they describe Patrick O`Neill?
8) How was Patrick`s relationship with Ronald Steinmann?
9) Who was Ronald Steinmann?
10) What had Patrick taken with him?

Chapter 2: Wall Street

1) What was Ocean Star? Describe.
2) Who was Lorraine Houston?
3) What did Nat do? Who did he call?
4) What did the assistant told him about Mr. O´neill?
5) Did Nat take cabs? Why/Why not?
6) Describe the building.
7) What did the advisor tell them?
8) Who did Nat meet?
9) What useful information did Brett give him?

Chapter 4: A voice from the past

1) Who did Nat call? Who picked up the phone? Describe.
2) Who called Nat Marley asking for help?
3) What had been stolen from the O’neills’ house?
4) What did Marley offer Mrs. O’neill?
5) What other questions did Marley ask Mrs. O’neill?
6) Describe Patrick O’neill’s background.
7) What piece of advice did Marley give Mrs. O’neill?

Chapter 5 : Death by the River Hudson

 1) Who is Nat trying to find?
2) Did Van Zandt pick up the phone? What did he say?
3) Who called Marley? Why?
4) Where did Marley go? What was in there?
5) Describe Steinmann’s death body.
6) How did Marley feel after that?
7) What did Oldenberg want to do?
8) What did he ask Marley for?
9) What condition did Mrs. O’neill set out?

Chapter 6: Questions and answers

1) What was Marley trying to do?

2) What questions did Oldenberg ask Mrs. O’neill?
3) What was Oldenberg threat?
4) What did Mrs. O’neill claim?
5) Who did Marley decide to call? Why?

Chapter 7
1. What was O’ Neill’s plan?
2. Describe Joe Blaney.
3. What didn’t they want to use?
4. Describe Frankie Cocktail Lounge.
5. Why did O’Neill pay to Van Zandt a lot of money?
6. What kind of poker player was Steinmann?
7. What was Van Zandt keeping?

Chapter 8
1. What was the plan to find Patrick in this chapter?
2. Who was Brendan Touhey?
3. What was Patrick’s behaviour when he was at the hotel?
4. What is the Metro?
5. Who were the guys in black suit and darl glasses?

Chapter 9
1. Retell the episode at the Metro hotel.
2. Where was Patrick?
3. What was Patrick’s reaction when he saw Nat Marley?

Chapter 10
1. Why did Oldenberg still believe that Patrick was guilty?
 2. Where did they all go?
3. What did Patrick explain to Oldenberg? Tell about Lorraine Houston and
Ocean Star.

Chapter 11
1. What is O’ Neill’s story? Explain
2. How did Patrick get to know the truth about the money in Ocean Star?
3. What did Steinmann decide to do?

Chapter 12
1. What did Nat Marley do to find out the truth? How would he prove that
Patrick was innocent?
2. How much would Marley offer?
3. What did Nat ask to Oldenberg?
4. What did Nat say to Houston?

Chapter 13
1. Retell the Battery Park scene.
2. What instructions did he give to Houston?
3. What happened in the end?