Plot Overview (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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How old is Merricat Blackwood at the time the novel takes place?
How old is Merricat Blackwood at the time the novel takes place?
Eighteen years old
What substance was used to poison the Blackwood family six years before the novel begins?
What substance was used to poison the Blackwood family six years before the novel begins?
Arsenic
What does Merricat nail to trees as part of her protective rituals?
What does Merricat nail to trees as part of her protective rituals?
Objects and her father's watch chain
Where does Cousin Charles arrive from, and what does he want?
Where does Cousin Charles arrive from, and what does he want?
California; access to family fortune
How does the fire that destroys the upper floors of the house start?
How does the fire that destroys the upper floors of the house start?
Merricat pushes Charles's lit pipe into bin
What happens to Uncle Julian during the fire?
What happens to Uncle Julian during the fire?
He dies from smoke inhalation
Who actually committed the murders six years earlier?
Who actually committed the murders six years earlier?
Merricat
Why didn't Constance die from the poisoned sugar?
Why didn't Constance die from the poisoned sugar?
She never took sugar
What type of structure does the novel's plot follow?
What type of structure does the novel's plot follow?
Static circular structure
What does the house resemble after the fire damages it?
What does the house resemble after the fire damages it?
A genuine castle with turrets