Q: (CNN) -- If a fellow is going to spend 55 years working in the same place, he would be wise to count his blessings that the place is Riverdale.

"The first day I walked in, in 1958, I was 17 years old," said Victor Gorelick. "I took a job as a fill-in art assistant."

He never went on to college. He never took another job. Today he is 72. His explanation for staying is so basic he can express it in a single sentence:

"I decided to stick with Archie."

And Betty. And Veronica. And Jughead. And Reggie. And, most of all, Riverdale, U.S.A.

It doesn't exist, of course, which is probably what makes the town so perfect. Nothing in real life could match it. Archie Andrews first appeared in a comic book in 1941, and that idealized town in which he and his friends have always lived has never been identified by state. Some readers assume it is in the Midwest, but Gorelick -- the longest-serving employee of Archie Comics, and now its editor-in-chief -- will go no further than to say that "it's in a place that has four seasons."

The summer, autumn, winter and spring in the pages of the comic books have never been the same seasons that Gorelick has observed outside the windows of the Archie offices in Westchester County, New York: "We have a four-month lead time. So the season an artist is drawing on a given day is not the same season we're living in actual life."

1. Riverdale
2. no
3. 17
4. 72
5. fill-in art assistant
6. editor-in-chief
7. Jughead
8. Archie Andrews
9. Betty
10. Veronica
11. Archie Comics
12. New York
13. Westchester
14. 1941
15. four
16. no
17. Midwest
18. four months
19. no
20. One

Numbered questions:
1. Where did Victo Gorelick walk into in 1958?
2. Is that a real place?
3. How old was Gorelick when he got there?
4. How old is he now?
5. What was his job in 1958?
6. What is his job now?
7. Name one of the characters he created?
8. Name another?
9. And another?
10. And yet one more?
11. What's the name of the company Gorelick works for?
12. What state is their office in?
13. Which county in New York?
14. When did Archie Anrdrews first appear?
15. How many seasons does Riverdale have?
16. Do readers think it's in the South?
17. Where do some think it is?
18. How much lead time does Gorlick have for the magazine?
19. Did he ever go to college?
20. How many jobs has he had?

Q: CHAPTER IX

THE SNARE

On the following morning, when Castell returned, Margaret told him of the visit of d'Aguilar, and of all that had passed between them, told him also that he was acquainted with their secret, since he had spoken of her as half a Jew.

"I know it, I know it," answered her father, who was much disturbed and very angry, "for yesterday he threatened me also. But let that go, I can take my chance; now I would learn who brought this man into my house when I was absent, and without my leave."

"I fear that it was Betty," said Margaret, "who swears that she thought she did no wrong."

"Send for her," said Castell. Presently Betty came, and, being questioned, told a long story.

She said she was standing by the side door, taking the air, when Senor d'Aguilar appeared, and, having greeted her, without more words walked into the house, saying that he had an appointment with the master.

"With me?" broke in Castell. "I was absent."

"I did not know that you were absent, for I was out when you rode away in the afternoon, and no one had spoken of it to me, so, thinking that he was your friend, I let him in, and let him out again afterwards. That is all I have to say."

"Then I have to say that you are a hussy and a liar, and that, in one way or the other, this Spaniard has bribed you," answered Castell fiercely. "Now, girl, although you are my wife's cousin, and therefore my daughter's kin, I am minded to turn you out on to the street to starve."

1. Castell
2. On the following morning.
3. Margaret told him of the visit of d'Aguilar
4. told him also that he was acquainted with their secret
5. "I know it, I know it."
6. no
7. much disturbed and very angry
8. d'Aguilar threatened Castell also.
9. Betty
10. yes
11. by the side door
12. taking the air
13. he walked into the house
14. d'Aguilar
15. He said he had an appointment with the master.
16. no
17. no
18. no
19. no
20. He called Betty a hussy and a liar.

Numbered questions:
1. Who returned?
2. When?
3. What happened then?
4. ANything else?
5. How did he answer?
6. Was he calm?
7. What was he?
8. What happened yesterday?
9. Who did Margaret think let d'Aguilar into the house?
10. Did she believe she was innocent?
11. Where did she say she was standing?
12. Doing what?
13. What happened then?
14. Who?
15. Why did he just walk in?
16. Did he?
17. Was Castell there when he arrived?
18. Did betty know that?
19. Was she there when Castell left?
20. How did Castell respond to this story?

Q: CHAPTER XIX

For the Princess it was a day full of excitements. The Count had only just reluctantly withdrawn, and Jeanne had gone to her room under the plea of fatigue, when Forrest was shown in. She started at the look in his drawn face.

"Nigel," she exclaimed hastily, "is everything all right?"

He threw himself into a chair.

"Everything," he answered, "is all wrong. Everything is over."

The Princess saw then that he had aged during the last few days, that this man whose care of himself had kept him comparatively youthful looking, notwithstanding the daily routine of an unwholesome life, was showing signs at last of breaking down. There were lines about his eyes, little baggy places underneath. He dragged his feet across the carpet as though he were tired. The Princess pushed up an easy-chair and went herself to the sideboard.

"Give me a little brandy," he said, "or rather a good deal of brandy. I need it."

The Princess felt her own hand shake. She brought him a tumbler and sat down by his side.

"You had to kill him?" she asked, in a whisper. "Is it that?"

Forrest set down his glass--empty.

"No!" he answered. "We were going to, when a mad woman who lives there got into the place and found us out. We had them safe, the two of them, when the worst thing happened which could have befallen us. Andrew de la Borne broke in upon us."

The Princess listened with set face.

1. it shook
2. a tumbler
3. yes
4. The Count
5. gone to her room
6. she pleaded fatigue
7. Forrest
8. no
9. his drawn face
10. The Princess.
11. threw himself into a chair
12. yes
13. brandy
14. yes
15. a mad woman
16. Andrew de la Borne

Numbered questions:
1. What did the Princess' hand do?
2. What did she bring the man?
3. Did she take a seat by him?
4. Who had reluctantly withdrawn?
5. What had Jeanne done?
6. For what reason?
7. Who was then let in?
8. Did the princess look at his arm?
9. What did she look at?
10. Who asked if everything was okay?
11. What did Nigel then do?
12. Did he look older than before?
13. What kind of liquor did he ask for?
14. Did Forrest empty his glass?
15. Who did Forrest say found them out?
16. Who else broke in on them?