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This story of domestic violence draws on Greek mythology for its supernatural elements.
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  Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King   great trivia quiz  
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Follow this tale of horror with two different types of questions. The first ten will be easy to medium in difficulty and the final ten will test your knowledge of the little things. Good luck! SPOILER ALERT =)
Average, 20 Qns, Dead Man Inc, Jan 01 11
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  Rose Madder - Stephen King   popular trivia quiz  
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I have recently finished reading this for the third or fourth time, not one of my favourites, but one I get into when I read it. Most of these questions are from the first half of the book.
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What was the name of the band playing at the Daughters and Sisters picnic?

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Rose Madder Trivia Questions
1. Norman comes home from work one day to see his wife, Rosie, reading. He horribly hates her reading, so he beats her. What does he cause Rose to have?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: A miscarriage

This occurs in 1985 and the baby, Caroline, dies. Rosie went on living with these beatings for 14 long years.

2. What did Rosie see five years after the opening incident that made her finally leave Norman?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: 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.

3. What year did the "miscarriage" occur?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 1985

Norman made himself a barbecued pork sandwich before cleaning up the blood while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Nice guy!

4. What did Rose decide the baby's name was?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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."

5. What is the name of the man who helped Rosie find Daughters and Sisters?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Peter Slowik

Peter is the ex-husband of the owner, Anna. After he requests she visits D&A, he is a target for Norman.

6. What was the name of the man who picked Rosie's husband's ATM card out of the trash?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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".

7. How did Rosie's husband want to talk to her?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: up close

This phrase is repeated often throughout the book.

8. 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?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Practical-Sensible

Practical-Sensible (often abbreviated as PS) never agreed with what Rosie was doing. She seldom listened to Practical-Sensible.

9. 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?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: His signature

Peter Slowick signs the back of it in large writing so it can be seen through the security camera.

10. Wendy was an African-American woman whom Norman was accused of raping in 1984. What was her last name?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: 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.

11. What was the original price on the painting "Rose Madder"?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: $75 or ?

Rose ends up swapping her engagement ring that she thought was worth thousands; turned out to be a fake worth about $50.

12. How did Norman always want to talk to Rosie?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: 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.".

13. What was the name of the band playing at the Daughters and Sisters picnic?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: Indigo Girls

They were "LIVE AND IN CONCERT, 8 P.M."

14. 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?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Tomorrows

Rhonda and Curtis were the two that helped Rosie along through her readings. She was supposed to read two books a month.

15. What did Rose's husband poke her with until she thought she would go crazy?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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!

16. Who was the first one to spot Norman in the city?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Pam

Although she didn't know it, the man she saw checking her out on the street was Rosie's killer husband.

17. 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?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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".

18. Now, here come the tough questions. What time was the Indigo Girls' concert at the Daughters and Sister's celebration?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: 8:00 PM

Rosie had to miss this, due to later actions.

19. What is the name of the man that Rosie meets at the Travellers Aid?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: Peter Slowick

Norman calls him Thumper because he reminds him of Bambi's friend.

20. What was the name of the bull that guarded the temple in the Rose Madder picture?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Erinyes

Erinyes had one eye and it was blind. Its other senses, however, were supercharged.

21. What relation is the man in the Travellers Aid booth to Anna Stevenson, the woman who runs Daughters and Sisters?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: Ex-husband

Norman does things to Mr Slowick that he has trouble remembering later. He has a very sore jaw though...

22. Rose Madder made Rosie remember one phrase that would later help her out, "I ______". What does Rose Madder do?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: repay

Rose Madder later repaid by killing Norman, the abusive ex-husband.

23. 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?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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.

24. What animal did Bill Steiner show Rosie on their first picnic?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Red fox

Steiner showed Rosie the red fox that just had some kits. She would later revisit that spot.

25. What was the name of the pawn shop where Rosie bought the painting?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: Liberty City Loan & Pawn

This is where Rosie first meets Bill Steiner, whose father, Abe, owns the store.

26. When Norman was trying to track down Rosie for what she did, he knew he couldn't go on with his current appearance. He shaved his hair and attended the Daughters and Sisters celebration. What fictional name did he give himself?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: Hump Peterson & Hump & Peterson

Norman even went as far as to put himself in a wheel chair and tell "Hump's" life story.

27. Who does Rhoda Simmons say Rosie sounds like when she first hears her at the recording studio?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: Liz Taylor

In "Butterfield 8", apparently.

28. When Gert attempted to stop Norman, she taunted him by calling him names. She stated that most men had a fixation with a certain body part. What did Gert call Norman?

From Quiz Two Levels Of "Rose Madder" by Stephen King

Answer: A kidney man

Obviously, she knew about Rosie's past and how Norman had punched her many times in the kidneys.

29. What was Rosie's father's name?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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"

30. What happened to Rosie's parents?

From Quiz Rose Madder - Stephen King

Answer: 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.

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