The Last Night
Who was tried and acquitted of the murders during the last night?
Constance Blackwood
An eighteen year old girl who cherishes her older sister and her cat. She also likes death cup mushrooms.
Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood
The owner of the coffee shop. She is the only person nice to Mary Katherine.
Stella
Which character welcomes Charles Blackwood into the Blackwood residence?
Constance
What is the name of Mary Katherine's cat?
Jonas
Why was Mary Katherine not at the table during the last night?
She was sent to bed without her supper
The only relative to have survived ingesting poison on the last night.
Uncle Julian
Visitor who routinely has tea with Constance
Helen Clarke
What does Mary Katherine consider a bad omen. She attributes the arrival of Charles to this bad omen.
The book she has nailed ot the tree has fallen down
In what unique way does Mary Katherine perceive the townspeople?
She does not like them and they make her anxious, so they see them as being black and white.
Which food item was poisoned during the last night?
The sugar, which was used on blackberries
Mary Katherine and Constance's father who was the head of the family and had a domineering presence in the house.
John Blackwood
Which days does Mary Katherine go to town?
Tuesday and Friday
How does Mary Katherine try to drive out Charles?
She puts sticks, dirt, pieces of metal, and debris on his bed so he would not be able to sleep there. She also pours water on the bed.
Which character is the fire chief in town?
Jim Donell
What does Constance do when she sees her family slowly dying of arsenic poisoning on the last night?
She cleans out the sugar bowl
Younger brother who ate the most sugar; he never was in trouble for climbing trees or wandering.
Thomas Blackwood
What does Jim Donell say that he has heard about Mary Katherine?
He says that he heard that Mary Katherine and Constance are moving away.
Which two items does Mary Katherine use as safe guards that infuriate Charles?
Her father's watch and the silver coins
You could also say her father's scarf, too
List the three words that Mary Katherine says that she believes will protect her from change.
Melody, Pegasus, Gloucester
What incriminating statements does she tell the police after the murders that occurred on the last night?
1. They deserved it
2. She believed her cooking hurt her family
Uncle Julian's wife; Julian regrets begrudging her food like...
Sausage
What rumors do the townspeople say about Mary Katherine and Constance after they trash their house?
They say that they not only hate children, but they poison little boys and eat little girls.
According to Charles, what encouraged him to visit his cousins and why had he not done so sooner?
He visits them after his father dies. He is coming to help them. HIs father forbid him to come before; his father would not even let them help Mary Katherine at the time that Constance was on trial.
In We Have Always Lived in the Castle, conflicting versions of the poisoning held by Merricat, Constance, and the villagers show that this idea is unstable.
The Truth