Characters and Plot
This character was forced to wear an ugly red sweater that wasn't hers (and it smelled like cottage cheese)
Who is Rachel?
Mary does this to her husband with a frozen leg of lamb.
What is hit him in the head?
This is the feeling the character from "Eleven" felt when she was forced to wear the red sweater.
What is embarrassment (or humiliation)?
Who sang "Pork Chop, Pork Chop, Did ya eat your pork chop?"
Who are the girls Elena was jumping rope with at school?
This became a murder weapon in "Lamb to the Slaughter".
What is a frozen leg of lamb?
This is the character that Elena has a crush on.
Elena liked to do this on the fire escape (besides watching Eugene)
This is the type of conflict the characters in "Lose Now, Pay Later" faced when deciding whether or not to use the slimmer machine.
What is Internal Conflict (or Man vs. Self)?
They said, "It's probably right under our very noses."
Who are the detectives at Mary Maloney's house?
This is the name of the mysterious new free food/candy in "Lose Now, Pay Later."
What are "Swoodies"?
This the name of Deb's best friend who originally warned her about the slimmer machines.
Who is Trinja?
This is what Rachel wishes she could do at the end of the story.
What is fly far away like a balloon in the sky?
The residents of El Building in "American History" were devastated by the news of the assassination of whom?
Who is JFK?
Who is Rachel?
This is what Elena missed seeing in the backyard after the old couple moved out and Eugene's family moved in.
What are flowers?
This was the name of the girl who really owned the red sweater.
Who is Sylvia Saldivar?
This is what appears on Deb's wrist each time she uses the slimmer machine.
What is a tiny blue dot?
This is the first person Mary spoke to after her husband died.
Who is the grocer (the person who works at the grocery store)?
This character said, "You live there? In that place? I don't know how you people do it."
Who is Eugene's mother?
This is the first food Mary Maloney offered her husband when he arrived home.
What are crackers and cheese?
What is the name of the Sergeant who investigates Mary Maloney's house after the death of her husband?
Who is Jack Noonan?
She threatens to call the Health Brigade Corp after her friend was pushed into a machine.
Who is Trinja?
This was Eugene's mom's likely motivation for not allowing Elena to study/hang out with her son.
What is racism (or prejudice or discrimination)?
Who is the woman who runs the slimmer machine?
This is the object Rachel compares the red sweater to as it hangs over the edge of her desk.
What is a waterfall?