Vocabulary A
Vocabulary B
Characters A
Characters B
Plot Questions
100

nefarious

What is... wicked or criminal?

100

garner

What is... to gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)?

100

Avery's fiance

Who is Elliot?

100

Woman whose difficult labor result in the twin babies' death

Who is Queenie?

100

 Georgia Tann changes Rill Foss's name to this

What is May Weathers?

200
lucid

What is...expressed clearly, easy to understand?

200

addled

What is... unable to think clearly; confused?

200

Older woman who lives in a nursing home; another name for Rill

Who is May Crandall? 

200

Rill's father

Who is Briny?
200

Rill and her siblings go to this event in Ch. 12

What is a viewing party with potential parents?

300

foundling

What is... an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others?

300

bedraggled

What is... dirty and disheveled?

300

Rill's youngest sibling

Who is Gabion?

300

Woman at the children's home who "takes care" of Rill and her siblings

Who is Mrs. Murphy?
300

Avery does this to try to get more information from Trent Turner

What is go to his house in the middle of the night?
400

lout

What is... an awkward, brutish person?

400

miscreant

What is... a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law?

400

The one sibling of Rill's who doesn't have curly blond hair

Who is Camellia?

400

Avery's relative who lives in a high-class senior facility

Who is Grandma Judy?

400

Avery finds a clue from this item in her Grandma Judy's house

What is a typewriter?

500

abdicate

What is... to fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty)?

500

Arcadia

What is... a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people; any real or imaginary place offering peace and simplicity?

500

Woman who runs the Tennessee Children's Home Society

Who is Georgia Tann?

500

Real estate agent whom Avery hopes will have information about her grandmother

Who is Trent Turner?

500

Rill gets this book from the traveling library

What is Huckleberry Finn?