Characters
Setting
Plot
Idioms & Similes
Vocabulary
100
The main character and narrator of story
Who is Cuss?
100
Town where story takes place.
What is Roslyn, WA?
100
Mary paid Cuss to do this the night she had her "guest" over for dinner.
What is do her chores?
100
"Run like the devil"
What is run really fast?
100
Diarrhea in livestock due to infection in intestines.
What is the scours?
200
Latin teacher and local priest
Who is Father Duval?
200
Year the story takes place.
What is 1925?
200
This event ruined the successful grape heist for Cuss.
What is witnessing the death of Mr. Thompson (Mr. Simms)?
200
"Tie the knot"
What is to get married?
200
To fix a garment of clothing, in the book it was socks.
What is darn?
300
Cuss's full name
What is Slava Petrovich?
300
City where Ma took Philip to see doctors.
What is Seattle?
300
Reason for Perk's having to quit school.
What is his father being burned badly in a mine accident.
300
"Ants in your pants"
What is being anxious/nervous?
300
A place where people pay for a room. Cuss's sister Mary and Ma both did laundry there.
What is a boarding house?
400
Percival Lincoln Perkins
Who is Perks?
400
state where Matt and Joey were working
What is California?
400
Cuss won this for knowing the answer to Father Duval's questions.
What is a pack of gum?
400
"Eyes were the size of saucers"
What is eyes opened wide from shock or surprise?
400
This takes place after a Croatian wedding after the bride and groom enter their new home.
What is a Shiveree?
500
Matt Petrovich's wife's name
What is Emmeline Cimmermaneck?
500
City where Joey saw Thompson's wanted poster
What is Yakima, WA
500
This causes Philip to go deaf.
What is meningitis?
500
"Putting on the Ritz"
What is to get dressed up?
500
Someone who does not drink
What is a teetotaler?
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