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What relationship is Blanche to Stella?
Blanche is Stellas older sister.
What does Blanche want Stella to do very badly?
Divorce Stanley
What is the Flamingo?
A hotel
Where does Stella ask Stanley to take her?
The hospital
Lies about getting roses.
What does Stanley carry as he enters the beginning of the play?
He carries a bowling jacket and package from the butcher.
What is Blanche's astrological sign when she reveals it to Stanley?
Virgo
How did Blanche lose her job back home?
She was involved with a teenage boy.
What was Stanley's birthday present to Blanche?
A bus ticket to go back to Laurel.
Who pulled down the paper lantern?
Stanley
What is the DuBois family home called?
Belle Reve
How did Blanche deceive Mitch to go out on a date with her?
She hasn't told him her real age and so Mitch doesn't know how old Blanche really is.
What was the name of Blanche's husband that died?
Allan
What did Stella tell Stanley to do that made him throw a plate to the floor?
That he needs to clean up.
What does Blanche think she will die from?
An unwashed grape.
What does Blanche say she'll burn?
She will burn love letters that Stanley has touched.
Why does Stanley laugh when he finds out what Blanche's astrological sign is?
because the sign means virgin.
What was Stella's reaction to Stanley telling her the truth about Blanche?
She started making excuses in order to protect Blanche.
What does Blanche say is the opposite of death?
Desire
What was the tiara made of?
Rhinestones
After Blanche and Mitch begin dancing, what does Stanley do with the radio?
Stanley throws it out the window.
What does Stella tell Blanche that happened on her wedding night that makes Blanche shocked?
That Stanley broke all of the lightbulbs in their house with her slipper.
How did Blanche's husband die?
He commited suicide.
What was the real name of the hotel that Blanche stayed at?
The Tarantula Arms
Where is Stella sending Blanche to?
A mental institution