What's That Chapter?
Merricat first goes to the town/village in this chapter.
What is 1?
Merricat is constantly seeing/looking for signs that she should be nicer to this man.
Who is Uncle Julian?
Constance suffers from this affliction which prevents her from leaving the house.
What is agoraphobia?
At the end of the book, Merricat refers to their house as this instead of a house -- turreted and open to the sky.
What is a castle?
Merricat, Constance, Thomas
What are Blackwood siblings?
Cousin Charles visits for the first time in this chapter.
What is 4?
Where is the moon?
This vocab word used in the book means unusually quiet or sad.
What is subdued?
Besides Helen Clarke, this is the only non-related character to go into the house during the book before the fire.
Who is Mrs. Wright?
Stella, Jim Donnell, Jim Clarke
What are townsfolk/villagers?
Helen Clarke comes to tea in this chapter.
What is 2?
Merricat's burying of a box of silver dollars infuriates this man.
Who is Charles?
DAILY DOUBLE
This vocab word, used in the book, means to act in a way that is very much in service of others at the expense of yourself.
The jars of fermented and pickled vegetables in the cellar are generally called these.
What are preserves?
Amanita phalloides, arsenic, Amanita rubescens
What are poisonous things?
DAILY DOUBLE
Merricat runs away to the summer house in this chapter.
Before nailing her father's gold watch to the tree, Merricat first tries to nail this object to a tree as a safeguard.
What is a book?
This vocab word means to act very politely and honorably. Julian calls Charles this -- a ________ young man.
What is chivalrous?
The portrait of this character survives the fire.
Who is their mother?
Lucy, John
Who are the Blackwood parents?
What is 3?
At the end of the book, Merricat says one of her new safeguards are these items placed over the window.
What are boards (cardboard)?
This is the name of the poisonous mushroom Merricat is so interested in.
What is Amanita phalloides?
This category of porcelain figure also survives the fire intact.
What is a Dresden figurine?
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, Hangsaman, The Sundial
What are novels by Shirley Jackson?