A Peek into the "Secret Window" Quiz

Answer: Motel 8

When Mort finally decides to confront his wife, Amy, about her infidelity, he follows her to a motel. Upon arriving, he angrily slams the door of his car and stalks inside. When the camera pans back across his car, however, the door is wide open.

Answer: It has Mort's picture and biography.

An author's picture and biography usually appear on the last page of a book, or on the inner back flap of the book jacket. This particular book contains Mort's story, "Secret Window", and Mort uses the book to compare his story to John Shooter's manuscript.

Answer: true

You can see the entrance sign above the wooden bridge when Mort goes into town. After Mort kills Amy and Ted, the sheriff asks Mort to do his shopping in New London, so that Mort's presence won't disturb Tashmore Lake residents.

Answer: Chico (the dog), Ken, Tom, Ted, and Amy

If you pay close attention to Mort's flashback of his time in Tom Greenleaf's truck, you will notice that Mort first turns around and murders Ken with the hatchet, before stabbing Tom in the head with the screwdriver.

Answer: icky

When Mort finds Ted at the gas station near his home, Mort confronts Ted, telling him that he knows what Ted is doing. Ted was just bringing Mort's divorce papers for Mort to sign, but the audience knows that Mort thinks Ted is behind Shooter's actions, such as the death of his dog, Chico. Mort had been suspicious ever since he learned that Ted was from a town called Shooter's Bay.

Answer: Yes

When Mort meets John Shooter, Shooter has one cigarette left in his pack of Pall Mall cigarettes, which he offers to Mort. Earlier, Mort had been smoking at his house (which he tried to hide from the cleaning lady), and he smoked the last cigarette. After another visit from Shooter, however, he finds a Pall Mall package with one cigarette left in it on top of his desk.

Answer: false

In the beginning of the movie, Shooter supposedly knocks out Mort's porch light and kills Chico with the screwdriver. Shooter leaves the threatening note by the back door, reading: "Three days. No police. I am not joking." However, towards the end of the movie, the audience realizes that John Shooter is Mort Rainey's alter ego, and that Mort in fact is responsible for the deaths of Chico, Ken, Tom Greenleaf, Amy, and Ted.

Answer: Todd Downey

The plot unfolds as John Shooter shows up at Mort's home, accusing Mort of plagiarizing Shooter's story. Mort is indignant, but upon reading both his own story and Shooter's manuscript, he notices extreme similarities. The main character in John Shooter's manuscript "Sowing Season" was Todd Downey, but in the story "Secret Window" by Mort Rainey, the main character was Tommy Haverlock.

Answer: Sowing Season

The name of Shooter's manuscript is visible when Mort picks up the story to bring it inside. "Sowing Season" and "Secret Window" share a plot line; the slight differences appear in minute details, such as character names. The short story on which this movie is based is called "Secret Window, Secret Garden," and it is written by Stephen King.

Answer: a smiley face

Causing quite an annoyance to Mort, Mrs. Garvey finds John Shooter's manuscript, "Sowing Season," in the garbage, and thinks it to be one of Mort's stories. She places the manuscript on Mort's table, which finally pushes Mort to examine Shooter's work more closely.