Ch 1 Vocab
This word means “to slack off or waste time.”
👉 What is dawdle?
This character often wins spelling competitions.
👉 Who is Suzie?
This word means “sweet, pretty, or cute.”
👉 What is doll?
This is why David is upset about the power.
👉 What is the TV keeps losing reception or shutting off?
This is the sound you hear that tells you a phone line is working.
👉 What is a dial tone?
This is the name of the storm causing all the rain.
👉 What is Hurricane Hazel?
This word means real, not fake, and honest.
👉 What is genuine?
This is what David first worries about when he sees the water.
👉 What is the television?
This is a soft or quiet sound.
👉 What is faint?
This is how Elizabeth describes being thrown around the living room.
👉 What is like a sock in a washing machine?
This is another name for a jean jacket.
👉 What is a denim jacket?
This boy argues a lot and thinks he doesn’t need a babysitter.
👉 Who is David?
This word means “to light something up.”
👉 What is illuminate?
This is what Elizabeth is told NOT to use during the storm.
👉 What is the footbridge?
This is the feeling in your stomach when you’re nervous.
👉 What are butterflies?
This is what David is actually worried about, even if he acts calm.
(It is not the TV)
👉 What is his parents?
This word means something scary that suggests danger is coming.
👉 What is ominous?
This is what causes Elizabeth to scream when she reaches for the flashlight.
👉 What is water filling the house (about a foot deep)?
This is another word for pants.
👉 What are trousers?
This is how Elizabeth and David plan to reach the roof.
👉 What is through the rafters?
This old-fashioned word means a couch.
👉 What is a chesterfield?
This is a what David sees in the river while leaning over the railing.
👉 What are a dead raccoon (a garbage bin, and lawn chairs)?
This word describes something really amazing, unique, or unusual.
👉 What is phenomenal?
This phrase is repeated to reassure Elizabeth.
👉 What is “Safe as houses”?
This word means objects floating in water like garbage or broken pieces.
👉 What is debris?
This is why Elizabeth feels trapped after looking at her street.
👉 What is she realizes the water is surrounding the houses?
This word means completely covered or swallowed up.
👉 What is engulfed?
This is why Elizabeth agrees to help David lift the TV.
👉 What is she doesn’t want to just stand there and do nothing?
This is a button-up sweater.
👉 What is a cardigan?
This is why David says cold water takes energy.
👉 What is hypothermia risk and physical exhaustion?
These sit on top of old TVs to improve reception.
👉 What are rabbit-ears antennae?
This is the name of the town where the story takes place.
👉 What is Weston, Ontario?
This word means strange or creepy in a quiet way.
👉 What is eerily?
This explains why hoping school floods is silly.
👉 What is the school is on higher ground—if it floods, they are already in danger?
This word describes water rushing very quickly.
👉 What is a torrent?
This is the overall effect of Hurricane Hazel in the story.
👉 What is severe flooding?
This word means extreme happiness or total comfort.
👉 What is bliss?
This is what Elizabeth notices that makes her feel less alone—but is still dangerous.
👉 What is other people with flashlights in flooded homes?
This word means to shake slightly, often from fear or cold.
👉 What is quiver?
This is how Elizabeth thinks David might explain his behaviour at school.
👉 What is he left his old life in Toronto and misses his friends?
This is a type of raincoat outfit worn in storms.
👉 What are slickers?
This is how big the McBrides’ “huge” TV is.
👉 What is 15 inches?
This word means feeling nervous, worried, or scared.
👉 What is anxious?
This shows Daisy is not outside in the storm.
👉 What is there is no mention of her being wet, lost, or in danger outside (she is accounted for/inside)?
This word means thrown or pushed forward with force.
👉 What is surged or propelled?
This is what the dial tone symbolizes in the story.
👉 What is hope that things are okay?
This word means being so focused you can’t look away.
👉 What is mesmerized?
This is the problem with David trying to save floating objects.
👉 What is it wastes time and distracts from real danger and safety priorities?
This word means a large cut or deep wound.
👉 What is a gash?
This character hates water.
👉 Who is Daisy?