Characters
Who Martyn is sent to live with at the novel's conclusion.
Auntie Jean.
The amount of money given to William Pig
30,000 pounds
What William Pig hits his head on.
What is the fireplace?
Choose the correct word.
The lawyer did not see how the question was ____ to the case.
incoherent / relevant
What is relevant?
Choose the correct word.
Dean ____ at the sight of the dead body.
shuddered / trudged
What is shuddered?
Could have been handsome, but wasn't because of drinking. Abusive.
Who is William Pig?
What is a letter (from the lawyer)?
Where Martyn decides to put William's body.
What is the gravel pit / old quarry?
Choose the correct word.
Martyn thinks of Dean as a complete _____.
glum / imbecile / flinch
What is imbecile?
Choose the correct word.
The small shower, where Alex hiding from Aunty Jean, was very ____.
cramped / rummaged / scrawny
What is cramped?
The name of the Aunt who bequested William Pig the money.
Eileen Pig.
What mode of transportation do Martyn and Alex use to get the body to the disposal spot?
What is Mrs. Freeman's car?
The insult Dean calls Martyn
Pigman
Choose the correct word.
Martyn couldn't help but ____ when his father's fist came towards him.
vague / revive / flinch / pallor
What is flinch?
Choose the correct word.
Martyn has a ____ recollection of his mother, but doesn't remember much.
vague / revive / flinch / pallor
What is vague?
Who is Alex's mom?
One thing that Martyn considers spending the money on.
Options:
1) What is opening a detective agency?
2) What is traveling far away?
What the police find in Martyn's bathroom.
What is a towel with an oil stain?
Fill in the gap with a vocabulary word.
Only the fresh air at the beach could _____ him, and make him feel alive again.
What is revive?
Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word.
When someone is depressed, you might say they are feeling _____.
What is glum?
In the police force. Is kind to Martyn when they tell him about his father being dead.
What Martyn imagines he sees at the beach.
What is a hallucination of Alex/Dad?
Something Martyn buys at the beginning of the story that Alex makes jokes about.
What is a chicken?
Fill in the blank with a vocabulary word.
William Pig's drunken rambling was _______.
What is incoherent?
Fill in the gap with a vocabulary word.
I could not understand why Martyn would not call the police. It is _______!
What is inexplicable?