Q 01/05

What has reporter Camille Preaker just been released from when Sharp Objects begins?

A) A state prison

B) A psychiatric hospital

C) A military hospital

D) A police holding cell

Answer · why

B) A psychiatric hospital

A psychiatric hospital, after years of self-harm, and her new assignment sends her straight back under her mother's critical eye.

Q 02/05

Who plays the reporter Camille Preaker in Sharp Objects?

A) Nicole Kidman

B) Amy Adams

C) Reese Witherspoon

D) Jessica Chastain

Answer · why

B) Amy Adams

Amy Adams played Camille and brought in the director herself, after the two had worked on a Janis Joplin biopic that fell through.

Q 03/05

What does reporter Camille Preaker carve into her own skin in Sharp Objects?

A) Initials

B) Crosses

C) Words

D) Tally marks

Answer · why

C) Words

Words: her scars are exposed when Amma swipes her clothes in a shop dressing room, right in front of Adora.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Camille's hometown in Sharp Objects?

A) Blue Hollow, Arkansas

B) Cold Creek, Missouri

C) Wind Gap, Missouri

D) Mercy Falls, Kentucky

Answer · why

C) Wind Gap, Missouri

Wind Gap, Missouri, doesn't exist: the show stitched it together from Barnesville, Georgia, and several California towns.

Q 05/05

Who plays Camille's overbearing socialite mother, Adora, in Sharp Objects?

A) Laura Dern

B) Sissy Spacek

C) Allison Janney

D) Patricia Clarkson

Answer · why

D) Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson plays Adora, who keeps her dead younger daughter's bedroom preserved like a shrine.

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