RAFFLE 3
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"Fat Ollie's Book"
An 87th Precinct Novel
by Ed McBain

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Based on reading the EXCERPT at MostlyFiction.com, answer the following question:

Where did Detective/First Grade Ollie Wendell Weeks leave the original manuscript of his novel?
In an alley with a drunken Vietnam vet.
 Securely nestled in a dispatch case that rested on the back seat of his Chevy sedan. - correct answer
At the podium of the Martin Luther King Memorial Hall.
At the copy center on St. Sebastian and South Thirtieth.

Which statements best characterize the 87th Precint series?
They are written by Ed McBain, which is an alias for Evan Hunter.
The longest running and most varired, and possibly the most popular crime series in the world.
These novels are about a team of policemen, ususally including Detective Steve Carella.
They are set in an imaginary city.
Counting Fat Ollie's Book, there are 52 novels in this series.

In the last five years, have you read an 87th Precint novel by Ed McBain?
Yes, several.
Yes, at least one.
No, but I used to read his books
No, never.

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