VOCABULARY #1
CANARY
A YELLOW BIRD
REASON FOR DOING SOMETHING
TRIFLES
WHAT IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S NAME?
GEORGE HENDERSON
SETTING - TIME AND PLACE
EARLY 1900s; IN A RURAL AREA OF A MIDWESTERN STATE
NOTIFY
TO INFORM SOMEONE OF INFORMATION
BUNDLED UP
TO DRESS WARMLY
ABRUPTLY
SUDDENLY; UNEXPECTEDLY
WHAT IS THE SHERIFF'S NAME?
HENRY PETERS
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BIRDCAGE? WHO DID IT?
THE DOOR HINGE IS BROKEN; JOHN WRIGHT
LONESOME
VERY LONELY
GALLANTRY
POLITE TREATMENT BY MEN TO WOMEN
SNOOP
TO LOOK THROUGH OTHERS' THINGS IN A SNEAKY WAY
THIS CHARACTER FIRST DISCOVER'S JOHN WRIGHT'S CORPSE:
___ FIRST TRIES TO HIDE THE BOX CONTAINING THE DEAD CANARY.
MRS. HALE BY PUTTING QUILT PIECES OVER IT WHEN THE MEN ARE ABOUT TO COME BACK INSIDE
CONCEAL
TO HIDE SOMETHING
SHARP
TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN A MEAN WAY
QUEER
STRANGE; ODD
THIS CHARACTER MOST DEFENDS WOMEN (MRS. WRIGHT) BY SAYING: "THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO BE DONE ON A FARM."
MRS. HALE
___ TRIES TO PUT THE BOX INTO HER BAG, BUT THE BOX IS TOO BIG TO FIT.
ABASHED
SHY TYPE OF EMBARRASSED
INSTINCT
ONE'S NATURAL INCLINATION OF DOING SOMETHING
FIDGETY
RESTLESS; UNEASY; MOVING AROUND A LOT
MR. WRIGHT
__ WAS MRS. WRIGHT'S NAME BEFORE GETTING MARRIED. WHAT WAS HER LIFE LIKE?
MINNIE FOSTER; CHEERFUL; LOVED TO SING; SHE WORE PRETTY DRESSES