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Rose Madder - Stephen King Trivia Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by Santanigo. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Santanigo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
161,327

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
2099

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 209 (12/20), Guest 73 (19/20), Guest 172 (19/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Easy one to start with. What is Rose's husband's name? Hint

Norman Davies

Norman Daniels

Newman Daniels

Norton Davis

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Question 2 of 20

2. What year did the "miscarriage" occur? Hint

1983

1984

1986

1985

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Question 3 of 20

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

Caroline

Carol

Carrie

Christine

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Question 4 of 20

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

Ramon Sanders

Ralph Brentner

Randall Simmons

Rudolph Smith

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Question 5 of 20

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

in person

up close

loud

with his fists

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Question 6 of 20

6. 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? Hint

Nothing

His phone number

His signature

His real name

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Question 7 of 20

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

$75 or ?

$70 or ?

$50 or ?

$65 or ?

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Question 8 of 20

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

Indian Girls

Indigo Grills

Indignant Girls

Indigo Girls

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Question 9 of 20

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

His finger

A knife

A screwdriver

Pencil

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Question 10 of 20

10. 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? Hint

Wendy Yellow

Wilma Yappow

Wanda Young

Wendy Yarrow

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Question 11 of 20

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

David Slowick

Peter Slavick

Peter Slovick

Peter Slowick

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Question 12 of 20

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

None of these

Brother

Ex-husband

Husband

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Question 13 of 20

13. 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? Hint

Dark Passage

Door Keeper

Dry Horror

Dead People

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Question 14 of 20

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

Lively City Pawn & Loan

Lincoln City Pawn & Loan

Liberty City Loan & Pawn

Liberty Bell Loan & Pawn

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Question 15 of 20

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

Bette Davis

Marilyn Monroe

Katherine Hepburn

Liz Taylor

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Question 16 of 20

16. What was Rosie's father's name? Hint

Chris McClendon

Craig McClendon

Corey McClendon

Cary McClendon

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Question 17 of 20

17. What happened to Rosie's parents? Hint

Died in a car accident

Died in a house fire

They live in Florida

They disowned her after she got married

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Question 18 of 20

18. Where does Bill Steiner take Rosie on their first date? Hint

Sis's Cafe

Momma's Diner

Pop's Kitchen

Aunt Mabel's Cottage

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Question 19 of 20

19. What does the sticker that Rosie's husband puts on the back of his wheelchair say? Hint

Women are not funny

I am a man who respects women

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me

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Question 20 of 20

20. Finally, what is the name of the pony in the painting? Hint

Radamanthine

Radical

Radiogaga

Radamanthus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Easy one to start with. What is Rose's husband's name?

Answer: Norman Daniels

Norman is an extremely unpleasant man who likes to bite!

2. What year did the "miscarriage" occur?

Answer: 1985

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

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

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."

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

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".

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

Answer: up close

This phrase is repeated often throughout the book.

6. 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?

Answer: His signature

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

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

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.

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

Answer: Indigo Girls

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

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

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!

10. 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?

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".

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

Answer: Peter Slowick

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

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

Answer: Ex-husband

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

13. 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?

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.

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

Answer: Liberty City Loan & Pawn

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

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

Answer: Liz Taylor

In "Butterfield 8", apparently.

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

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"

17. What happened to Rosie's parents?

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.

18. Where does Bill Steiner take Rosie on their first date?

Answer: Pop's Kitchen

Rosie is extremely relieved when she sees it, because she wouldn't feel comfortable if the place was "too difficult".

19. What does the sticker that Rosie's husband puts on the back of his wheelchair say?

Answer: I am a man who respects women

He thinks to himself "As long as they behave themselves, I respect them fine" The others are all stickers he looks at in the Women's Cultural Centre gift shop.

20. Finally, what is the name of the pony in the painting?

Answer: Radamanthus

"Wendy Yarrow"/Dorcas tells Rosie the name of the pony when she goes into the painting the first time.

Source: Author Santanigo

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