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Her books needed to decontaminated before Madeline could read them so she would not get any germs from the outside world.
What is: cleaned.
Madeline’s nurse checked her breaths per minute, room temperature, and air filter status to make sure she was stable. What is the antonym?
What is: changing
He grabs a windowsill and dangles from it for a second or two and then drop back down into a crouch.
What is: hang.
The father is angry and throws the Bundt cake at Olly. He was “taking it out” on him
What is: showing anger towards something not related
Why does Madeline have an airlock in her house?
What is: so Madeline does not get sick from a contaminate outside
I try to smile back, but I’m so flustered that I frown at him instead.
What is: nervous
The bundt cake is indestructible. Olly jokes that is made or rocks.
Vaguely I wonder what he sees in my window-strange girl in white with wide staring eyes.
What is: not clear
Carla wants to ‘cheer up’ Madeline after she feels upset about having new neighbors. Carla says she is brave and always finds something to smile about.
What does it mean to cheer up
What is: to make someone feel happy again
Why does Madeline dream about the house being like a balloon and exploding?
What is: Madeline wishes she could break free from her illness.
The family has Friday night dinners with Carla, the nurse. The meal is always French with antique cutlery. What do you need to eat and describe it to me.
What is: silverware that is old fashioned.
“I’m not moping” I said, I’ve been moping a little. Olly’s rejection has made me feel like a little girl again. It reminded me why I stopped paying attention to the world before.
Olly does not look at Madeline out the window, he closed the curtains.
What is: acceptance
Some mornings he sleeps in until noon. Others, he’s gone from his room before I wait to begin my surveillance.
What is: to watch, a spy.
Madeline told her mother that she ’lost track of time’ reading but she was really watching the neighbors.
What is: distracted.
Why does Madeline lie about why she late on her school assigment? She said she lost track of time reading but she was really watching the neighbors.
What is: So her mother wont worry about her
Olly’s dad threw the bundt cake at him, but Olly dodges it and it missed him.
What is: moves quickly
What is: fall apart
I want to laugh but I don’t like myself. I close my curtains suppressing a smile, and walk away.
What is: not allow, dont
Carla gives Madeline a ‘sharp look’ and Madeline knows she needs to lie.
What is: a warning.
Why is Olly’s dad angry often?
What is: He has a drinking problem and may be depressed.
The family does the same thing for Madeline’s birthday and call it a ritual. What’s a synonyms or another example of a ritual?
What is: custom, habit
example: decorating a Christmas tree every year.
When Madeline first saw Olly she descibes him wearing all black and starkly angular. But when he smiles, he looks happy and not severe.
What is: pleasant or comfortable
I’m trying to see Olly in his darkened room when the Bundt leaps from the sill and plunges to the ground. I crane my neck to see whats become of it, but its too dark. Just then, the spotlight illuminates the cake.
What is: shines, lights up
My brain is processing the word Bundt, trying to get an image of what it looks like before it dawns on me just who is at the door. Olly.
What is: realize, understands
Why does Olly dress up the Bundt cake?
What is: To make Madeline laugh