Vocabulary
thinly scattered
sparse
Young is an external trait of Jeremiah
Petey declared, "Now that a few zombies have recovered, they’re helping me reach others. You can help, too.” “We’d _____ to,” said Dennis.
love
"The zombies are here, and we can’t change that. And there’s no going back to how life was before the plague hit."
Petey "The Muskrat" Coltrain
Who is the one that told Dennis and Mac to remember their manners before leaving the ranch?
Ann Greerson (the wife of the rancher they worked for).
large number of people
horde
Tough is an example of an internal character trait for Mac.
true
“How are you still alive?” blurted Mac. “I mean, with all these zombies around?”, “Pure dumb ___ and stubbornness,” Petey said proudly.
luck
"You saved me! I thought I was a goner. Thank you so much.”
Anna
Why did Anna leave the campsite that Dennis, Mac, Jeremiah, and herself had put together?
She could tell something was wrong, she was turning into a zombie and she didn't want to harm anyone else.
to cause something to pass on from one place or person to another
transmit
On the radio, Anna was asking for help finding food in Sunnydale.
False! Anna was on the radio but she was asking if anyone was still alive.
The footprints looked strangely _____, and Mac felt his stomach drop when he realized that she must have been dragging her injured leg heavily to make such long, deep marks.
uneven
“I don’t know what happened to them, so I left the city on my bike. I rode and rode until I came to the gas station."
Jeremiah
Why was the radio playing music again such a big deal to Dennis and Mac?
That meant (at least) someone was still alive and they could (hopefully) get help for Anna!
very strange; hideous
grotesque
We know for a fact that Jeremiah's parents turned into zombies.
False! We don't know for a fact that they turned into zombies. We know they worked at the hospital and then disappeared so all we can do is make an inference that they turned into zombies.
Now that they had the option to venture out into the world, to see how _____ things really were, they weren’t sure they wanted to know.
bad
"If anything, you’ll end up with superpowers from these Spider-Man Band-Aids.”
Mac
What happens to the zombies when they hear bluegrass music?
They get confused and become still. They slowly start realizing they're a person again. The music breaks through the infection.
unfriendly; aggressive
hostile
Dennis and Mac went to the same college.
False! Dennis went to school on the East Coast, Mac on the West.
The following is an example of a _______: He smelled like the fermented slop that they fed to pigs on the ranch.
Simile! It is comparing the man to fermented slop using the word like.
“Um, not to be rude, but maybe you should ride in back, Anna.”
Dennis
At the end of the series, what happened to Anna?
She fought through the infection!