Study Guide

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Volume 5, Part 16

By Gregory Maguire

Volume 5, Part 16

The monkeys successfully bring back Dorothy and the Lion.
Nanny and Liir welcome them to Kiamo Ko, the worlds freakiest hotel.
Dorothy is very polite and asks to see the Wicked Witch of the West.
The Witch appears and confronts her for the first time about Nessa's death.
Dorothy profusely apologizes and shares her own grief at losing her parents in a boating accident.
The Witch thinks, "What a most peculiar murderer she is turning out to be" (5.16.37).
Everyone goes down to dinner.
This might be the most awkward dinner party of all time.
Liir and Dorothy chat, Chistery babbles, Elphaba fumes and makes nasty remarks, and Nanny asks "what?" a lot and starts singing Happy Birthday to cheer Dorothy up. Wow.
The Witch finally loses her patience and tries to haul Dorothy off for a private conference.
The others protest this and a big scuffle ensues.
The Witch finally has the Lion and Toto locked in the kitchen and leaves Liir to guard them.
Dorothy comes upstairs with her to talk.