The Dressmaker

Question 1

tilly hate reflection

Answer 1

‘Everyone likes to have someone to hate,’

Question 2

sergeant farrat outfits

Answer 2

The outfits didn’t necessarily compliment his physique, but they were unique…in Dungatar he wore them only inside the house.”

Question 3

evan abusing marigold

Answer 3

“Evan poured a little more tonic and gave it to her. When she slept Evan undressed, then leaned over her.”

Question 4

marigold killing evan

Answer 4

“She reached behind his ankles and slid the razor-sharp carving knife across his calcaneal tendons.”

Question 5

irma being abused

Answer 5

‘Percival says God is responsible for everything.’ She used to have a lot of falls, which left her with a black eye or a cut lip. Over the years, as her husband ground to a stiff and shuffling old man, her injuries ceased.

Question 6

sergeant farrat teddy eulogy outcast

Answer 6

He said that Teddy McSwiney was, by the natural order of the town, an outcast

Question 7

tilly benefit by sergeant farrat

Answer 7

Tilly’s tolerance and generosity, her patience and skills

Question 8

evan being a pervert

Answer 8

He was a man who touched women, leaned in close to talk

[women] suddenly remembered something they had to do across the road.

Question 9

pain turned into motivation

Answer 9

‘Pain will no longer be our curse, Molly,’ she said. ‘It will be our revenge and our reason… It seems only fair, don’t you think?’

Question 10

town destruction

Answer 10

saw only mounds of smoking grey-black coal and rubble.

Question 11

tilly responsibility over stewarts death

Answer 11

“it wasn’t really my fault”

Question 12

town hatred of tilly

Answer 12

“spat at the floor near her hem”

Question 13

how the town describe tilly

Answer 13

“bastard, murderer”

Question 14

Tilly guilt

Answer 14

it’s guilt, and the evil inside me

Question 15

evan pettyman character description

Answer 15

“an ambitious, conniving, and charm wielding man.”

Question 16

some people deserve revenge

Answer 16

Yet there was the matter of the sour people of Dungatar… they mustn’t be abandoned. Not yet.

Question 17

freedom in expression

Answer 17

He [Sergeant Farrat] kissed her [Tilly’s] hand and then wrapped the magenta silk organza about his shoulder…

Question 18

Beulas karmic injuries

Answer 18

“Broke her nose and gave her mild concussion”

Question 19

lesbians

Answer 19

Nancy is naked, and the women are cuddled up together.

Question 20

teddy’s proposal

Answer 20

“I can look after you… that is, if you want me to.” -Teddy’s proposal

Question 21

town feelings about teddy

Answer 21

they loved Teddy McSwiney.

Question 22

outcast attitude

Answer 22

it’s open slather on outcasts

Question 23

tilly guilt

Answer 23

he evil inside me—I carry it around with me, in me, all the time

Question 24

plays quote

Answer 24

Plays are such fun to put on. They bring out the best and worst in people, don’t you think?

Question 25

tilly's perspective on life

Answer 25

it isnt fair

Question 26

pain as motivation

Answer 26

‘Pain will no longer be our curse, Molly,’ she said. ‘It will be our revenge and our reason. I have made it my catalyst and my propeller. It seems only fair, don’t you think?’

Question 27

why tilly didnt leave and rather burnt it down

Answer 27

Yet there was the matter of the sour people of Dungatar. In light of all they had done, and what they had not done, what they had decided not to do - they mustn't be abandoned. Not yet.

Question 28

corruption on tilly

Answer 28

Bitterness rested on Tilly's soul and wore itself on her face

Question 29

molly's hope for tilly not to return

Answer 29

I came to hope you wouldn't come back to this awful place.

Question 30

molly about evan

Answer 30

tormented me and kept me as your mistress... you ruined our life

Question 31

towns people group of 3

Answer 31

They're all liars, sinners and hypocrites

Question 32

trudy crazed with greed 2 quotes

Answer 32

I thought you loved me. What about my reputation I thought you loved me. What about my reputation

Question 33

almanac abuse

Answer 33

Over the years, as her husband ground to a stiff and shuffling old man, her injuries ceased.

Question 34

almanac's medical information

Answer 34

Sin, the cause of all disease

Question 35

evan abuse

Answer 35

He was a man who touched women, leaned close to talk, licked his lips they turned their backs when they saw him coming

Question 36

tilly cured me

Answer 36

I used to be sick Evan, you used to make me sick, but Tilly Dunnage has cured me.

Question 37

evan tonic and abuse

Answer 37

Evan poured a little more tonic and gave it to her. When she slept Evan undressed, then leaned over her.

Question 38

how stewart died

Answer 38

The boy ran head first, full pelt into the red brick library wall

Question 39

evan revenge

Answer 39

He couldn't have is son so I couldn't have my daughter

Question 40

teddy charming

Answer 40

They said Teddy McSwiney could sell a sailor sea-water

Question 41

dance to show love

Answer 41

the more they hate you the more we'll Dance"

Question 42

teddy loved tilly

Answer 42

He loved Tilly Dunnage as strongly as you hate her

Question 43

beula injury

Answer 43

Broke her nose and gave her mild concussion

Question 44

who saw what happened to tilly

Answer 44

Edward McSwiney who "had seen what happened to Stewart Pettyman He watched the boy assault [Tilly]

Question 45

irma bad arthiritis

Answer 45

She could predict rain coming, sometimes a week ahead

Question 46

irma hope

Answer 46

She longed for a life without pain or the bother of her bent husband

Question 47

irmas kindness

Answer 47

You've been sending food all these years

Question 48

farrat doesnt care anymore

Answer 48

I'm beyond caring what those people think or say anymore.

Question 49

how tilly avoided death

Answer 49

She stepped sideward

Question 50

gertrude before

Answer 50

unattractive but vain and ambitious young woman