People
What is Mary Katherine's nickname?
Merricat
What do the villagers do after the fire starts?
Destroy the interior of the house
Attack/surround Mary Katherine and Constance
This character is responsible for poisoning the Blackwood family.
Mary Katherine
The author of We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
This character dies during the fire.
Uncle Julian
Money/the safe
What food item was the poison that killed the Blackwoods put into?
Sugar
Mary Katherine says she wants to go to this location in space
the moon
Name the literary term: Giving human traits to nonhuman or nonliving things.
Personification
What is the name of Mary Katherine's cat?
Jonas
How does the fire start?
Merricat pushed Charles's pipe into trash can
What TYPE of poison was used to kill the Blackwood family?
Arsenic / rat poison
Mary Katherine is _______ years old.
18
Name the literary term: An author giving hints about something that will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
What is the name of Mary Katherine and Constance's father?
John Blackwood
How does Mary Katherine try to protect the house before the fire?
-Buries objects
-Magic words
-nails items to tree
-tries to get rid of Charles
Constance said she cleaned the poison out of the dish before the police arrived because . . .
There was a spider in it
Uncle Julian wants to write a book about/is obsessed with . . .
the death of the family/the poisoning
Name the literary term: an author painting a vivid picture of the setting using sensory language
Imagery
What is the name of the woman who comes once a week to tea with Constance and Mary Katherine?
Helen Clarke
Name one of Constance's hobbies
Cooking
Gardening/plants
Give one reason why Constance was suspected of murdering her family with poison
-cleaned sugar bowl
-said family deserved to die
-cooked the dinner
-didn't call police fast enough
-she bought the poison
-she knows about poison
Mary Katherine compares Charles to this type of supernatural creature.
ghost/demon
Name the literary term: when an author makes a reference to a well-known person/event/story to make a comparison
Allusion