Vocabulary
What are bloomers?
Underpants / Also the nickname Lily and her classmates gave Mrs. Blumfeld
Slavery was outlawed in the U.S. after this event.
Why did Lily and the other students change their opinion of Mrs. Blumfeld?
Her husband died in the war.
Who is the narrator of the book before Lily's diary starts? (Name & Nickname)
Michael (Boowie)
What is the name for people who evacuated from London to Slapton?
townie
Black people could not go to school with white people (from the end of the Civil War to the 1960s) due to this:
Segregation
When did Lily's diary start?
In the autumn of 1943, during WWII
Who are the two black soldiers that Lily makes friends with?
Harry & Adie
What's another word for irritable, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, or grouchy?
grumpy
This doctrine allowed facilities to be separated by race as long as they were equal.
"Separate but Equal"
How did Harry die?
His ship was sunk by the Germans while the soldiers were out at sea waiting to do a practice landing
Who changed Grandpa's mind about leaving the farm?
Mrs. Blumfeld
What do the soldiers use to keep villagers away from their farms?
Barbed wire
These laws legally enforced racial discrimination in the U.S. from the end of the Civil War (1865) to the 1960s.
Jim Crow Laws
What are the two reasons Lily places a daffodil in her diary?
1) The daffodil marks the day Harry died
AND
2) The daffodil marks the day she knew she loved Adie
Who killed the kittens that Tips had toward the beginning of the book?
Lily's dad