We Have Always Lived in the Castle Quizzes

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Quiz 1

1 What is Merricat's full name?

Mary Katherine

Elizabeth

Katherine

Mary Elizabeth
2 What magical creature does Merricat wish she were born as?

A werewolf

A mermaid

A vampire

A witch
3 How old is Merricat?

16

20

18

12
4 What plant does Merricat mention liking at the beginning of the book?

Dandilions

Irises

Carrots

A deadly mushroom
5 What rumor does Jim Donell confront Merricat with?

Merricat killed her family

Her sister eats children

Her sister killed her family

Her family is moving
6 What promise does Merricat make to herself in the first chapter?

To be nicer to Uncle Julian

To make a new grocery list

To return her library books

To discover who killed her family
7 Which family member offers Merricat a cup of poisoned tea in the nursery rhyme the villagers make up?

Constance

Her mother

Uncle Julian

Her father
8 Who is Merricat's favorite person?

Her cat

Her sister Constance

Her uncle Julian

Her dead brother
9 What is Uncle Julian fixated on?

Baseball

Jazz music

The night of the murders

The identity of the killer
10 What is the name of the neighbor who visits Constance regularly?

Helen Clarke

Maria Woods

Emily Johnson

Adele Little
11 Who was acquitted of the murder of the Blackwood family?

Constance

Uncle Julian

Merricat

Helen Clarke
12 How many siblings did Merricat originally have?

Four

Two

Three

One
13 Who bought the arsenic that poisoned the Blackwoods?

Thomas

Constance

Merricat

Uncle Julian
14 Who told the police that the Blackwoods "deserved to die"?

Constance

Mrs. Wright

Helen Clarke

Merricat
15 How many years have passed since the deaths of the Blackwoods?

10

5

2

6
16 Why isn't Merricat allowed to help prepare food?

Constance forbade her from doing so.

Her parents forbade her from doing so.

She forbade herself from doing so.

The guests don't trust her.
17 What does Merricat nail to a tree?

A box with her baby teeth

An earring

A necklace

A book
18 What does the Blackwood cellar contain?

Books

A secret treasure box

A dead body

Preserves
19 Which is NOT one of Merricat's three "powerful words"?

moon

Gloucester

Pegasus

melody
20 What is the name of the doctor who checks on Uncle Julian?

Dr. Levy

Dr. Elliott

Dr. Hadaway

Dr. Peterson
21 What was the source of conflict between Uncle Julian and his brother John?

Julian killed John's wife

John had an affair with Julian's wife

Julian felt John resented the financial burden of him and his wife

Julian insulted John
22 What symbol is often related to female power in the novel?

Cats

Food

Books

Money
23 Where is Merricat's hiding place?

By the river

By the road

By the greenhouse

By the basement
24 What baby animal does Merricat kill?

Birds

Rabbits

Kittens

Snakes
25 Who says that “the world is full of terrible people"?

Uncle Julian

Charles

Merricat

Constance

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