VOCABULARY
DEFTLY
WHAT IS SKILLFULLY?
"...a smile like the kind an undertaker fixes on the face of a corpse."
What is a simile?
"'Don't swear, Obie. You'll have to tell it in confession?'"
Who is Archie?
THE NAME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL JERRY ATTENDS.
WHAT IS TRINITY?
MALICE
WHAT IS WANTING TO CAUSE HARM TO SOMEONE?
"They murdered him."
What is a metaphor or a hyperbole?
"'You have influence, Archie."
Who is Brother Leon?
WHERE DOES JERRY ENCOUNTER THE HIPPIE?
WHAT IS THE BUS STOP?
THE NAME OF THE "SECRET, UNDERGROUND" CLUB.
WHAT IS THE VIGILS?
TENTATIVELY
WHAT IS NOT DONE WITH CONFIDENCE/UNCERTAIN?
"The mask was black, the kind Zorro wore in the movies."
What is an allusion?
"'You're missing a lot of things in the world...'"
Who is the hippie?
EXACT SETTING OF CHAPTER 1
WHAT IS THE FOOTBALL FIELD?
WHAT IS 1974?
FEEBLY
WHAT IS WEAK(LY)?
"The black box was his nemesis."
What is a metaphor?
"'The Vigils will help...'"
Who is Archie?
THE NOVEL IS SET DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
WHAT IS THE EARLY 1970s?
JERRY'S FATHER'S JOB.
WHAT IS A PHARMACIST?
FEIGN
WHAT IS TO PRETEND TO BE AFFECTED BY SOMETHING?
"Suddenly, he was caught from behind and whirled violently, a toy boat caught in a whirlpool."
What is a metaphor?
"'Show up tomorrow...'"
Who is the football coach?
THE NOVEL IS SET IN THIS REGION OF THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS NEW ENGLAND?
WHAT IS 20,000?