Ch 7-9

Question 0

Implinge

Answer 0

Have an effect or impact especially a negative one

Question 1

Derision

Answer 1

Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Question 2

Galvanize

Answer 2

Shock or excite someone typically into taking action

Question 3

Converge

Answer 3

Come together from different directions so as eventually to meet

Question 4

Encumbrance

Answer 4

A burden it impediment

Question 5

Discernible

Answer 5

Able to be discerned; perceptible

Question 6

Congeal

Answer 6

Solidify or coagulate especially by cooling

Question 7

Reticent

Answer 7

Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily

Question 8

Whimsical

Answer 8

Playfully quaint or fanciful especially in an appealing and amusing way

Question 9

Poignant

Answer 9

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Question 10

Vagary

Answer 10

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behavior

Question 11

Multifarious

Answer 11

Many and of various types

Question 12

Cacophony

Answer 12

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds

Question 13

Accolade

Answer 13

An award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit

Question 14

Latent

Answer 14

Existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed

Question 15

Why does gene say it was appropriate that he had been thrown into the naguamsett? How was getting out if the naguamsett different from getting out of the Devon river?

Answer 15

It went along with winter. Getting out of naguamsett is sticky and Anastasia getting out if Devon is like getting out if the shower

Question 16

Why does gene say it’s so hard to avoid making fun of leper? What does this reinforce about the audiences perception of leper?

Answer 16

It to easy to make fun of him. He’s awkward and strange

Question 17

Why is there a light coming from genes door when he gets home? What does the light symbolize

Answer 17

Funny is home. It symbolizes finny is bright

Question 18

What is finnys philosophy about the war?

Answer 18

It’s all made up by at old men to keep people in their place

Question 19

What ha been finnys aim before his leg was broken? How will he deal with the loss of that goal? Why is this especially unrealistic goal?

Answer 19

To make it to the Olympics. He will train gene for the Olympics instead. Te won’t be Olympics in 1944 bc if the war

Question 20

Why does gene cease to have any real sense of the confusion of the surrounding world?

Answer 20

He decides to deny that the world or war exist