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"The Mermaid Chair" (The book) Quiz

This is a quiz about the bestselling book "The Mermaid Chair", by Sue Monk Kidd.

A multiple-choice quiz by unwritten411. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
unwritten411

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,866

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
200

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the reason Jessie had to go back to the island? Hint

Her husband was dying

Her father's funeral

Her best friend was getting married

Her mother chopped off her finger

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Hugh's job? Hint

Teacher

Surgeon

Psychiatrist

Lawyer

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of Kat's daughter? Hint

Bridget

Nelle

Catherine

Benny

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Question 4 of 10

4. How did Jessie find out that she didn't have anything to do with her father's death? Hint

She didn't

She read the rest in a newspaper clipping

She found his pipe

Father Dominic told her

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name Whit was called, in the monastary? Hint

Brother O'Conner

Brother Thomas

Brother Whit

Brother Sullivan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Jessie ended up falling in love with Whit, but what was the problem? Hint

He was a monk

She was married and he was a monk

She was married

Her mother didn't approve

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where did Jessie make love to Whit? Hint

In her mother's house

On a secluded part of the beach

In the monastary's library

Nowhere, they didn't

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did Hugh find out about the affair? Hint

He heard them on the phone

He never found out

He followed her

Jessie's paintings

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of Jessie's daughter? Hint

Benny

Dedra

Dee

Nelle

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who did Jessie end up with? Hint

Whit

Hugh

No one

Brother Thomas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the reason Jessie had to go back to the island?

Answer: Her mother chopped off her finger

Jessie received a call from her mother's best friend early in the morning telling her that her mother had severed her right index finger with a meat cleaver.

2. What was Hugh's job?

Answer: Psychiatrist

He was a psychiatrist, and was always trying to analyze Jessie's actions.

3. What was the name of Kat's daughter?

Answer: Benny

Her daughter's name was Benny and she was "not quite right", as Jessie said. She was a year older than Jessie and claimed she knew what a certain dog, Max, thought.

4. How did Jessie find out that she didn't have anything to do with her father's death?

Answer: She found his pipe

She was searching through her mother's drawer and found her father's pipe and the newspaper clipping about his death, which she had already seen before but re-read. That led to a conversation with her mother when her mother told her what really happened to her dad.

5. What was the name Whit was called, in the monastary?

Answer: Brother Thomas

Whit was a monk and was called Brother Thomas. Jessie called him this up until she realized they were in love.

6. Jessie ended up falling in love with Whit, but what was the problem?

Answer: She was married and he was a monk

She was married to Hugh and Whit was a monk. They both had problems dealing with these obstacles.

7. Where did Jessie make love to Whit?

Answer: On a secluded part of the beach

They made love on the beach and it was very romantic. They ended up meeting there quite a few more times.

8. How did Hugh find out about the affair?

Answer: Jessie's paintings

They got into a big argument afterwards and Jessie cried and pleaded at the door but Hugh didn't answer.

9. What was the name of Jessie's daughter?

Answer: Dee

Her daughter's name was Dee, who was in her first year of college.

10. Who did Jessie end up with?

Answer: Hugh

She got back with Hugh because she knew it wouldn't work with Whit and she still loved her husband. They made it work by changing what was wrong with their marriage and knew they would make it.

Source: Author unwritten411

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