Carrie's Dress

"Take it off, Carrie. We'll go down and burn it in the incinerator together, and then pray for forgiveness. We'll do penance."

Choose a quote that represents fear.

"One nylon split like a gaping mouth."

What are breasts referred to as in the book? Who calls them that?

Susan

"___ blood for a ___."

"The door slammed open by itself."

"He and George and Frieda had less than two hours to live."

What did Carrie refer to Tommy and George as at the prom?

Momma

"Cold sweat is running down my thighs in rivers."

How is blood portrayed in Carrie?

"Beautiful shadows rustled about in chiffon, lace, silk, satin. The air was redolent with the odor of flowers; the nose was constantly amazed by it. Girls in dresses with low backs, with scooped bodices showing actual cleavage, with Empire waists. Long sk

What did Carrie feel a strong urge to do right before she walked into prom?

Carrie

"____," she said softly, and put her forehead on the glass.

"-protect us from he with the split foot who awaits in the alleys and in the parking lots of roadhouses, O Saviour-" (Page 129)

"Carrying the pails back to the trunk, his mind made a dim symbolic connection. Pig blood. That was good. Chris was right. It was really good. It made everything solidify. Pig blood for a pig."

Whose prints would be on the buckets?

Billy's car

"I heard her father was going to sue the School Department and then he changed his mind."

"Momma screamed. She made her right hand a fist and struck herself in the mouth, bringing blood. She dabbed her fingers in it, looked at it dreamily, and daubed a spot on the cover of the Bible." (Page 125)

"She had grown a little wary of the terrific strain using the power seemed to put on her heart and lungs and internal thermostat. She suspected it would be all too possible for her heart to literally burst with the strain."

What was Carrie victim to?