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 Rose Madder
Norman Daniels. Norman is an extremely unpleasant man who likes to bite!
1985. Norman made himself a barbecued pork sandwich before cleaning up the blood while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Nice guy!
Caroline. When she approached Norman with the name suggestion, he didn't really care one way or the other. "To Norman there had been only a tadpole that ended early."
Ramon Sanders. Ramon met up with Norman on a park bench to answer questions about the card. Norman felt him up for a bit, then threatened to pop his testicles by popping a tennis ball with his right hand. "I can do that with my left hand, too".
up close. This phrase is repeated often throughout the book.
| When the man in the Travellers Aid booth writes the address of Daughters & Sisters on a business card, what does he write on the back? | Rose Madder - Stephen King
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His signature. Peter Slowick signs the back of it in large writing so it can be seen through the security camera.
$75 or ?. Rose ends up swapping her engagement ring that she thought was worth thousands; turned out to be a fake worth about $50.
Indigo Girls. They were "LIVE AND IN CONCERT, 8 P.M."
Pencil. He was mostly silent during this attack, except for "making a little plosive noise under his breath every time the pencil's blunt point dug into her skin: Poo! Poo! Poo!" This is probably the most chilling attack in the whole book, I got shivers reading it! Very creepy!
| What is the name of "the slutty high-yellow girl" that caused all the trouble the year of the "miscarriage" and who later shows up in Rosie's painting? | Rose Madder - Stephen King
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Wendy Yarrow. Wendy causes trouble by laughing at Norman when he was looking for Richie Bender. Norman and his partner Harley Bissington then raped her and beat her up. When she turns up in the painting, it is eventually revealed that her name is Dorcas, and she is Rose Madder's "assistant".
Peter Slowick. Norman calls him Thumper because he reminds him of Bambi's friend.
| What relation is the man in the Travellers Aid booth to Anna Stevenson, the woman who runs Daughters and Sisters? | Rose Madder - Stephen King
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Ex-husband. Norman does things to Mr Slowick that he has trouble remembering later. He has a very sore jaw though...
| Rosie is asked to read a paragraph from a book outside the pawn shop where she buys the painting. What was the title of the book? | Rose Madder - Stephen King
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Dark Passage. The man who asks her to read it is Rob Lefferts, who then offers her a job reading for audio books. He is extremely impressed with her breath control....a talent she developed over the years being married to Norman.
Liberty City Loan & Pawn. This is where Rosie first meets Bill Steiner, whose father, Abe, owns the store.
Liz Taylor. In "Butterfield 8", apparently.
Craig McClendon. "Because things were right on track, and soon a very hard and very heavy brick wall was going to drop onto Craig McClendon's wayward little daughter, Rosie"
Died in a car accident. Both her parents and her 16 year old brother were wiped out when a gravel truck veered across the road onto their side. Her father's head was found in a ditch 30 yards from the crash.
Pop's Kitchen. Rosie is extremely relieved when she sees it, because she wouldn't feel comfortable if the place was "too difficult".
I am a man who respects women. He thinks to himself "As long as they behave themselves, I respect them fine" The others are all stickers he looks at in the Women's Cultural Centre gift shop.
Radamanthus. "Wendy Yarrow"/Dorcas tells Rosie the name of the pony when she goes into the painting the first time.
A miscarriage. This occurs in 1985 and the baby, Caroline, dies. Rosie went on living with these beatings for 14 long years.
One spot of blood on her bed.. It was the smallest spot possible on her bed, but she noticed it. After almost a half hour in Pooh's Chair, she decides to leave her husband. The blood must have woken something up in her head.
Norman's ATM Card. This really angers Norman and is the main reason he chases after her for so long.
Peter Slowik. Peter is the ex-husband of the owner, Anna. After he requests she visits D&A, he is a target for Norman.
No. Bill Steiner, Rosie's later love, proved that the ring was a fake. She traded it in for "Rose Madder", a painting.
| Rosie often had two ways of thinking. One was her own instincts and the other was her self conscience, which she referred to often in the book. What did she call this state of mind? | Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King
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Practical-Sensible. Practical-Sensible (often abbreviated as PS) never agreed with what Rosie was doing. She seldom listened to Practical-Sensible.
Yarrow. Rosie hated Wendy for the accusation, even though it was true. All of the things that happened at the drug bust are what caused Norman to be abusive.
Right up close.. Rosie knew when she was going to be beaten because Norman always whispered, "Come here Rose. I gotta talk to you. I gotta talk to you right up close.".
| Rosie took up a job while in the city. She read books for pay and she enjoyed it very much. One of her books was titled "Kill All My __________". What word finishes the book title? | Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King
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Tommorows. Rhonda and Curtis were the two that helped Rosie along through her readings. She was supposed to read two books a month.
Pam. Although she didn't know it, the man she saw checking her out on the street was Rosie's killer husband.
8:00 PM. Rosie had to miss this, due to later actions.
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