A Kiss before Dying part 2 chapters 1 - 15 (tm p148)

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A Kiss before Dying part 2 chapters 1 - 5

Who says: "...IF is the biggest word in the world."?

In what form do we learn more about Dorrie's story in chapter 1?

letters (from her roommate (the one with the green suit), from her father Leo Kingship, from her sister Ellen to Bud)

What is the name of Dorothy's lover (and her killer)? (chapter 1, part 2)

What has Ellen found out while 'sherlocking' (part II, ch 1)?

What is the surprise at the end of part II, chapter 3?

Who says "Never underestimate the power of a woman!" and does not realise how wrong she is? (part II, ch 4, p100)

Why are Ellen's knees shaking at the end of chapter 5 (p104)?

1. The cheese burger she's had makes her feel sick.
2. She has a date with her sister's presumed killer.
3. Her muscles are aching after running away from Dwight. .
4. She has fallen in love with the waiter at the restaurant.

Dwight chatted her up while he was preparing her lunch and asked her out on a date. As she is sure he killed her sister, she is both excited but probably also scared. 

Who says, "I'm sick of these college girls. (...) You get one of them on your neck. (...) and you can't get her off." (II, 6, p106)

1. Dwight Powell
2. Bud Corliss
3. Gordan Gant
4. Mrs Arquette

In part II, chapter 8 you read: 'He saw the downcast expression on Ellen's face. "What's the matter?" he said. "Don't you believe me? I can prove all this.'
What IS the matter with Ellen?

1. She is incredibly bored with Dwight's story about his relationship with this other girl.
2. She has just realised Dwight did not kill her sister.
3. She is in shock, because she has realised Dwight murdered her sister.
4. She just really doesn't like the taste of whiskey sours.

Why is there hope at the end of chapter 8?

In chapter 9 on p129 Ellen finds 'a paper napkin which had bee carefully torn into a delicate lacework web.' What does this remind you of?

Who says, "Thank God for you, Bud." and why?

What question remains unanswered at the end of chapter 11?

Who broke the window/door to get access to Dwight's house. Why does Ellen stop wondering about this? 

Motive

"he told her these things with irritation and contempt; this girl with her hands over her mouth in horror and had everything given her on a sliver (! typo) platter; she didn't know what it was to live on a swathing catwalk over the chasm of failure, stealing perilously inch by inch toward the solid ground of success so many miles away." ch 13, p 141 

How do we learn about Ellen's death?

1. from her father Leo Kingship
2. from an account about her funeral
3. from a newspaper clipping
4. from a pathologist's report

Connect the names of the characters to the parts of the novel in which their story is told.

Marion

Dorothy

Ellen

Dwight Powell

Gordon Gant

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3