Characters
The name of Crispin's mother.
Who is Asta
The grim activity Crispin and the Priest are about at the beginning of the book.
What is buring Asta.
The narrator of Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
The person chanting Latin prayers at Asta's grave.
Who is Father Quinel.
What is the death tax.
The steward of the manor.
Who is John Aycliffe?
The event following Asta's burial.
The book's point of view.
The person not above kicking and hitting people.
Who is John Aycliffe.
The payment Aycliffe expects for his tax.
What is Crispin's ox.
The name townspeople call Crispin.
Who is Asta's Son.
What Crispin does after Aycliffe speaks to him.
What is running into the forest.
The overall tone of the first and second chapters.
What is bleak (or sad, hopeless, not fun).
The person who witnesses something curious in the forest.
Who is Crispin.
The direction Asta's feet are pointed for the Day of Judgement.
What is east.
The priest of the manor.
Who is Father Quinel.
The beginning of Chapter 2.
The words used to describe John Aycliffe.
What are black-bearded face, hard, sharp eyes, frowning lips, contempt, and scorn.
The person who delievers a wallet to John Aycliffe.
Who is the stranger.
What Aycliffe cuts with his sword instead of Crispin's head.
What are brambles.
The lord of the manor.
Who is Lord Furnival.
Crispin's plight after running from Aycliffe.
What is falling off a cliff.
The mood of Crispin at the end of Chapter 2.
What is bleak, sad, hopeless, afraid, desperate, numb, and not happy.
The person who called curiosity another word for Satan.
The crime Crispin is guilty of at the end of Chapter 2.
What is breaking the curfew.