The Skeleton Key

The setting of the story is

• New Orleans

• Baton Rouge

• Sampson, Mississippi

• Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

the young, spunky Hospice nurse

• Violet Devereaux

• Mama Cecilia

• Caroline Ellis

• Jill Dupay

The movie gets its name from this object

• the constant rain on the keystone

• the Hoodoo ritual

• the key that hangs around Violet's neck

• a master key that can open all door

Caroline says, "homespun Southern wisdom grows on trees" is an example of

• personification

• irony

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

he supposedly had a stroke

• What happened to the the little boy from the early 1900s?

• What happened to Luke Marshall?

• What happened to Ben Devereaux?

• What happened to Papa Justify?

because "they" can be seen in them

• Caroline discovers why the doors in the attic have been locked for so long.

• Luke explains to Caroline why the Devereaux's have not had current pictures taken

• Violet explains to Caroline why there are no mirrors in the home

When the 2 small Thorpe children wanted to learn about contouring, who tried to teach them?

• Papa Justify and Ben

• Papa Justify and Mama Cecilia

• Mama Cecilia

• Violet Devereaux

The "Conjurer's Sacrifice " was supposed to

• make Papa Justify rich

• help extend a life

• bring back Mama Cecilia

When Ben is trying to escape from his room, it is an example of what conflict?

• man vs self

• man vs nature

• man vs society

• man vs man

When Caroline is trying to help Ben, it is what type of conflict?

• man vs self

• man vs society

• man vs nature

• man vs man