Gerald's Game Trivia

1. In what state does the book take place?

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Maine

Jessie Burlingame and her husband, Gerald, are up on Lake Kashwakamak, Maine for a possible overnight getaway when Gerald's idea of a sexual game results in her being handcuffed to the bedpost. She's not really into the idea of it and, rather than go through with anything, she makes it clear that she's not interested in these types of kinky scenarios. Gerald doesn't really hear anything of it though, and proceeds to force himself on her until she kicks him in the groin. When she does though, he falls to the ground, hitting his head on the floor. She realizes she may have killed him. This is, of course, a bit of an issue. She's still cuffed to the bed, and no one's around to help her.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Lawyer

Gerald is a very good lawyer but a very boring husband. He tries to bring excitement to his marriage by handcuffing his wife to the bed. Unfortunately, this plan backfires on him.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Prince

Gerald's body never rises from the floor while Jessie tries to figure out what's just happened to her. She feels regret for what she's done and tries to come to terms with the events that have unfolded by speaking to the voices in her head while working at tugging her cuffs free of the crossbeams (which doesn't work). Another issue emerges in the form of a stray dog named Prince who, following the smell of Gerald's blood from outside the house and in through a broken door, enters the room to find some much-sought-after food.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: The Space Cowboy & Space Cowboy

Jessie, due to dehydration among other things, was not sure whether or not the Space Cowboy was real or a figment of her imagination.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Eclipse

While she sleeps, Jessie remembers what prompted the events leading to the eclipse on Dark Score Lake so many years ago. Instead of joining her mother and siblings elsewhere to watch the event, she convinced her Dad to stay at the cabin to watch the sun slide behind the moon. After her parents' argument, her idea came true. On the day they went out to watch it on the balcony, her father instructed her on how to view the eclipse before an altogether inappropriate event occurred, greatly affecting Jessie for the rest of her life, though she would never know the extent of it until she was much older. Awakening from the dream, Jessie remembers everything that happened after that.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: The Joker

"The Space Cowboy" was derived from Steve Miller's "The Joker".

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Her father

Ever since Jessie's father touched her at the tender age of ten she has been scarred and covering up her secret. Her father had her put on a very short sundress and then he placed her on his lap. This happened on the day of the eclipse at Dark Score Lake.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: The Space Cowboy

Jesse falls asleep once more, partly due to her own inactivity in the bed, and believes she may have dreamed about the man in the corner of her room again, knowing that he may be the grim spectre of death seeking her soul. She doesn't know if he was a dream or not, but considers him to be otherworldly, some sort of cosmic stranger. She nicknames him the 'Space Cowboy' from Steve Miller's song "The Joker". She also sees something in the room with her, on the floor. There's a muddy footprint next to Gerald's body, and what seems to be a pearl earring she never owned. She considers using a jar of face cream on the shelf to try and slide her hand out of the handcuffs, but this plan fails when the jar slips from her hand. A voice of her younger self tells Jessie to think back to the eclipse, and when she does, she realizes an escape. Her escape: the glass. She'll need to cut herself with the drinking glass, but it's better than the alternative.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Lake Kashwakamak

Lake Kashwakamak, located in Maine, borders the Burlingame's summer home.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: One

Jessie, knowing she simply needs to get the job done, breaks the glass swiftly on the headboard and begins her work. She cuts around the wrist and tries to use the blood to lubricate the hand and, pulling, she begins to tear through the cuff. Of course, this pull begins to tear the flesh from her hand, and the only way out is to perform the degloving procedure. She must, and she successfully pulls free of the handcuff as most of her deformed hand comes free. She gets to her feet and, with some leverage, begins to pull the bed, still cuffed by one arm to the frame. She reaches the dresser and, carefully, unlocks the left cuff, finally freeing herself from the bed altogether.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: Burlingame

Jessie Burlingame and Gerald Burlingame were once very happily married. The day Gerald died reminded her of when her father molested her.

From Quiz Gerald's Game

Answer: A magazine subscription card

She actually succeeds with this plan and gets to drink the water. The satisfaction of the drink only lasts for a little while though.

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