The Prime Suspects
The main character and narrator of the book who has sinister thoughts about the people in the village
Mary Katherine Blackwood
What tragedy happened on "the last night?"
Four members of the Blackwood family were murdered
What vision does Mary Katherine have in the grocery store?
The people in the store dying
Name of Mary Katherine's cat
Jonas
What does Constance say that chills Mary Katherine?
Constance would like to leave the house
The woman who was arrested for the murder of the 4 Blackwood family members
Constance Blackwood
According to Uncle Julian, what poison was added to the sugar bowl on the last night?
Arsenic
Which person in the village is nice to Mary Katherine, so she looks pink temporarily to her?
Stella
Name of Mary Katherine and Constance's brother who ate a lot of sugar on his blackberries
Thomas
Which days does Mary Katherine go to the grocery store, library, and Stella's shop?
Tuesday and Friday
Relative to Mary Katherine and Constance who offers to help them after his father died and coincidentally after receiving very little inheritance
Charles Blackwood
What was the first thing Constance did when she saw her family dying?
Washed out the sugar bowl
In what interesting way does Mary Katherine see all the people in the village?
She sees them as colorless/ in black and white
Julian's wife who was begrudged sausage on the morning that she would be later murdered
Dorothy
What kinds of books does Constance like to read and what kinds of books does Mary Katherine like to read?
Constance - cook books
Mary Katherine - Fairy Tales
What phrases does Uncle Julian say that makes him a questionable source of information?
*"That happened, right?"
*Mistakes Charles for his brother and Constance as his wife
Why was Mary Katherine not poisoned on the last night
She was sent to bed without supper
In what ways was Helen Clarke's friend, Mrs. Wright, rude when she came over for tea?
Asked about the Blackwood murder
Refused to eat rum cakes or add sugar to her tea
Who was the head of the Blackwood house and had all the power?
John Blackwood
Provide 3 objects that Mary Katherine uses as safeguards to protect herself and her family
1. Box of silver coins
2. A buried doll
3. Her father's book nailed to a tree
In chapter 5, how does Charles threaten Mary Katherine?
How does Mary Katherine threaten him in return?
1. He speaks to the cat and asks, "I wonder if Mary knows how I get even with people?"
2. She repeats the poisonous quality of mushrooms
What happened to Mary Katherine while Constance was arrested?
She was put in an orphanage
Provide 2 ways in which the villagers show that they dislike Mary Katherine and the Blackwoods.
1. Jim Donell teases Mary Katherine at Stella's shop
2. The children sing a hurtful song about the Blackwood murders
3. The grocers want Mary Katherine out of the store ASAP
Charles' father who refused to help Mary Katherine and Constance during the time of the murders.
Arthur Blackwood
Which 3 words does Mary Katherine think of to protect her family from change?
!. Pegasus
2. Gloucester
3. Melody