Vocabulary
deserted of people, bleak emptiness
wistfully or desolate?
What is DESOLATE?
The main character of the story
Who is JAMES?
The place the main character lived with his parents
London or New York City
Where is London?
The main characters parents were killed by a _______.
What is a rhinoceros?
"You disgusting little beast" or "You filthy nuisance" or "You miserable creature,"
Who are the two aunts?
with a feeling of vague wanting or longing
wisfully or desolate?
What is WISTFULLY?
The main character's two aunts
Who is Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker?
What is on top of a hill?
The two aunts were very ________ to James.
pleasant or cruel
What is cruel?
"Beat him!"
Aunt Sponge
the complete loss or absence of hope
despair or desolate?
What is DESPAIR?
The aunt who is tall and bony
Who is Aunt Spiker?
The kind of house the aunts lived in
What is ramshackle, old, beaten up
The animal that killed the parents escaped from a _______.
What is a zoo?
"Couldn't we all -- please - - just for once -- go down to the seaside on the bus?"
Who is James?
in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner
frantically or desolate?
What is FRANTICALLY?
The aunt who is short, fat, and has a piggy nose.
Who is Aunt Sponge?
The only thing in the garden
What is an old peach tree without any peaches.
James' arm was hurting from __________.
What is chopping wood out in the garden?
"My sweet, you cannot win, Behold MY gorgeous curvy shape, my teeth, my charming grin!
Who is Aunt Spiker?
Another word for spectacles is ______.
What are glasses?
The people killed accidentally by an escaped animal from the zoo
Who are James' parents?
James longed to go back to his home near the ________.
What is the seashore?
The two aunts did this while James was chopping wood.
What is they kept going on and on about how beautiful they were while sipping lemonade.
"I look and smell as lovely as a rose! Just feast your eyes upon my face, observe my shapely nose!"
Who is Aunt Sponge?