Quotes

Question 1

I have often thought … but I have had to…

Answer 1

I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf… but I have had to be content with what I had

Question 2

Blackwoods had always…

Answer 2

Blackwoods had always lived in our house

Question 3

Men stayed young… and the women…

Answer 3

Men stayed young and did the gossiping and the women aged with grey evil weariness

Question 4

The people of the village…

Answer 4

The people of the village have always hated us

Question 5

I thought about… from inside, … I wished…

Answer 5

I thought about burning black painful rot that ate away from inside, hurting dreadfully. I wished it on the village

Question 6

“It’s…,” Constance said, “it…,” but I…

Answer 6

“It’s wrong to hate them,” Constance said, “it** only weakens you**,” but I hated them anyway

Question 7

I am…, I told myself, I have a…

Answer 7

I am living on the moon, I told myself, I have a little house all by myself on the moon.

Question 8

Merricat, said Connie, …?
Oh no, said Merricat, …
Merricat, said Connie, …?
Down in…!

Answer 8

Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea?
Oh no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me.
Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep?
Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!

Question 9

I wished… I would have liked…

Answer 9

I wished they were dead. I would have liked to come into the grocery store some morning… stepping over their bodies, taking whatever I fancied

Question 10

it was …, but on the gate… and…

Answer 10

it was a simple padlock and any child could have broken it, but on the gate was a sign saying PRIVATE NO TRESPASSING and no one could go past that

Question 11

“The highway’s…,” our mother said, “and…”

Answer 11

“The highway’s** built for common people,” our mother said, “and my front door is private**.”

Question 12

I was to…

Answer 12

I was to be kinder to Uncle Julian

Question 13

He was ten years old…

Answer 13

He was ten years old and possessed many of his father’s more forceful traits of character

Question 14

When I was small I thought Constance…. She was…, always

Answer 14

When I was small I thought Constance** was a fairy princess**…. She was the most precious person in my world, always.

Question 15

I realized now that this was the third time in one day that the subject had been touched, and …

Answer 15

I realized now that this was the third time in one day that the subject had been touched, and three times makes it real

Question 16

“She was a …,” and she smiled at me.
“…,” Helen Clarke said. “A child…, but she should…”

Answer 16

“She was a wicked, disobedient child,” and she smiled at me.
“An unhealthy environment,” Helen Clarke said. “A child should
be punished for wrongdoing, but she should be made to feel
that she is still loved.”

Question 17

A… coming, and… Even…

Answer 17

A change was coming, and nobody knew it but me….. Even Jonas was fretful

Question 18

It was necessary for me to check constantly to be sure that …

Answer 18

It was necessary for me to check constantly to be sure that** the wires were not broken and the gates were securely locked.**

Question 19

All the Blackwood women had… of food in our cellar.

Answer 19

All the Blackwood women had made food and had taken pride in adding to the great supply of food in our cellar.

Question 20

If I had…; he would be more comfortable there.

Answer 20

If I had a winged horse I could fly him to the moon; he would be more comfortable there.

Question 21

We eat…

Answer 21

We ate the year away

Question 22

I would not forget my magic words; they were…

Answer 22

I would not forget my magic words; they were MELODY GLOUCESTER PEGASUS

Question 23

I knew him at once; …

Answer 23

I knew him at once; he looks like Father

Question 24

They had… I could not…, I was… “He…,” I said.

Answer 24

They had no color. I could not breathe, I was tied around tight. “He** was a ghost**,” I said.

Question 25

Almost as though in the house of her life…

Answer 25

Almost as though in the house of her life there had always been a room kept for Cousin Charles

Question 26

[We carried our] broom and dustpan and mop…

Answer 26

[We carried our] broom and dustpan and mop like a pair of witches walking home

Question 27

I was thinking that you might make a gingerbread man, …

Answer 27

I was thinking that you might make a gingerbread man, and I could name him Charles and eat him.

Question 28

the thought of a ring…

Answer 28

the thought of a ring** around my finger always made me feel tied tight**

Question 29

Sensible people … to trees

Answer 29

Sensible people **don’t go around nailing this kind of valuable thing **to trees

Question 30

“On the…,” Constance said, and…

Answer 30

“On the moon,” Constance said, and laughed unpleasantly.

Question 31

Does … mean…

Answer 31

Does we mean you and Charles

Question 32

The mirror over the dresser…; it would…

Answer 32

The mirror over the dresser was already smashed; it would not reflect Charles

Question 33

“I haven’t quite decided…,” he said. “But whatever I do,…”

Answer 33

I haven’t quite decided what I’m going to do with you,” he said. “But whatever I do, you’ll remember it.

Question 34

“You are evil,” I said to Charles.
“You…”

Answer 34

“You are evil,” I said to Charles.
“You are a ghost and a demon.”

Question 35

“Aren’t you even going to punish her?”
“Punish me?” I was standing then, shivering against the door frame. “…?”

Answer 35

“Aren’t you even going to punish her?”
“Punish me?” I was standing then, shivering against the door frame. “Punish me? You mean send me to bed without my dinner?”

Question 36

“Mary Katherine, …”
“You…”
“Bow…?

Answer 36

“Mary Katherine, we love you.”
“You must never be punished”
“Bow all your heads to our adored Mary Katherine”

Question 37

“…” he said a thousand times.

Answer 37

“Get the safe in the study,” he said a thousand times.

Question 38

“…?” the woman called … “…,” the woman called.

Answer 38

“Why not let it burn?” the woman called insistently….. “Let it burn,” the woman called.

Question 39

Our house was…

Answer 39

Our house was a castle, turreted and open to the sky

Question 40

Nobody meant … we’re…

Answer 40

Nobody meant any harm… we’re going to forget all about it.

Question 41

“They are the children…,” I told her. They…

Answer 41

“They are the children of the strangers,” I told her. They have no faces

Question 42

Perhaps they came…, and bringing us food…

Answer 42

Perhaps they came in darkness not to be recognized, and bringing us food was somehow a shameful thing to do in public

Question 43

They hate … The difference is, …

Answer 43

They hate little boys and little girls. The difference is, they eat the little girls.