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Household
Family's History
Plot
The Book and the Movie
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Who is the youngest daughter?
Matilda "Tillie" Hunsdorfer
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What did the house used to be?
A Vegetable Shop
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What subject is Tillie really good at?
Science
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Who wrote the play?
Paul Zindel
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What is the setting?
Beatrice's Home.
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What is the mother's name?
Beatrice Hunsdorfer
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What can Beatrice remember about her childhood?
Riding the horse-drawn wagon when her father slept.
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Who is Tillie's only rival at the science fair?
Janice Vickery
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What awards did the playwright receive?
Pulitzer Prize for Drama and New York Drama Critic's Circle for Work.
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Who is Mr.Goodman?
Tillie and Ruth's high school principal.
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What type of pet does Tillie have?
A Rabbit named Peter
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Do we know where Ruth and Tillie's father is?
No.
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Who wins the Science fair?
Tillie wins.
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When was the play adapted into a movie?
1972.
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What is Janice Vickery's science project?
The reconstructed skeleton of a cat.
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Who lives in the household, but isn't related to any of the characters?
Nanny
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Who is Mr.Frank?
Beatrice's father.
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What was Tillie's experiment?
Growing seeds of Marigolds that were subjected to radioactivity.
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Who directed the movie?
Paul Newman
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What awards did the movie receive?
Best Actress (1973 Cannes Film Festival)
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How does Tillie's pet die?
Beatrice suffocates him.
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Why does Beatrice hate her daughter's high school?
That was the high school she went to.
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What does Beatrice do at the end?
Acts insane, tears the newspaper from the windows, gets rid of Nanny, suffocates Peter, wants to open a Tea Shop.
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Where did Paul Zindel get the inspiration for this play?
From his childhood. His Personal Life.
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When did Paul Zindel write this play?
When he was in high school.