The Bloody Chamber | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

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1. In what country does the story take place?

France

2. What city does the young wife come from?

Paris

3. What does the young wife remember as she lies in her new bedroom?

Her mother

4. What word does the young wife use to describe her bedroom?

Narrow

5. What does the young wife think she has lost in marrying?

Her childhood

6. What does the young wife compare the box her wedding dress came to?

Crystallised fruit

7. What color ribbon is the box tied with?

Red

8. Who asks the young wife if she loves her husband?

Her mother

9. From what material is the mother's dress made?

Black silk

10. Where did the mother spend her childhood?

Indo-China

11. What does the young wife say when the mother ask if she is sure she loves him?

I'm sure I want...
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