english test chapter 1-9 Flashcards
What is a Blasphemy and what is an Offence
a Blasphemy is a human deviation and a Offence is a livestock or crop deviation
What are the remaining proof that the old people existed
Highways, building foundations, the bible (though distorted), Mines
What are the four geographical areas in the chapters 1-9
Waknuk, the wild country, the fringes, the badlands
Tribulation means . . . (in the story)
The nuclear holocaust that destroyed the old people’s world
David’s grandfather founded . . .
Waknuk
David’s grandfather’s name is
Elias Strorm
David’s father’s name is
Joseph Strorm
Joseph’s wife name is
Emily
The four children of Joseph Strorm are
David, Mary and Petra, Sarah
The mother’s sister name is
Harriet
The mother’s sister that died is named
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s husband is
Axel
David’s half uncles are
Thomas, and Angus Morton
Angus’ daughter and David’s cousin is named
Rosalind
Characteristics of civilization that David lives in
-Women wear crosses on their dresses
- People are suspicious and intolerant to anything not normal
-very religious
-isolated
-agriculturally based
Characteristics of David’s family
-Well respected, Joseph is a powerful leader
-Very religious
- Not loving or close to each other
-Richest family in the neighborhood
Examples of Genetic Mutation
-Crops
-People
-Livestock
-Sophie
-David himself
The novel seems set in the . . .
old times, around the 17 hundreds
Joseph does not like (and has a fued with) . . .
Angus Morton
The city to the east is named . . .
Rigo
What is the deviation that Sophie has?
She has twelve toes
How did David meet Sophie?
David was playing by pushing himself off the bank of the road to fly and then land in sand.
How did David discover Sophie
When Sophie pushed off, her foot landed in between two rocks, and she had to take her foot out of her shoe to get free.
Characteristics of Wild country
10-20 miles thick
50% chance of breeding true
Characteristics of the Fringes
-nothing is dependable
everything varies in size and shape
Characteristics of the Badlands
no-one lives here, radioactive lands
How far is it from waknuk to the wild country?
thirty kilometres
Who owns the two giant horses?
Angus Morton
How tall are the giant horses to the shoulder?
twenty-six hands
What does David refer to his telekinesis as?
shape thoughts
What is Sophie’s mother and father’s’ name?
Mary and John Wender
How did Uncle Axel discover that David was telepathic?
When David is caught talking to the grass, and he tells Uncle Axel that he is telepathic.
What was the standard procedure when there was a livestock Offence?
They would repent and claim for forgiveness, then the next day before sunrise, they would sing hymns while Joseph slaughtered the Offence
What was the standard procedure when there was a crop Offence?
If it was a couple rows they would destroy those rows, but if it was a whole field they would burn it while singing hymns.
What did Elias Strorm do?
Elias came from the east at the age of forty-five, and turned wild country into Waknuk
Description of Elias’ bride
She was twenty five years younger and moved free when she thought she wasn’t watched but was stiff when Elias was around.
Why did Joseph Strorm mary Emily?
because Joseph wanted to marry someone who’s views matched his.
What is the Ethics?
The Ethics says that mankind is in the process of climbing back to grace, and they are following a trail to purify and reclaim the world.
What is the Dakers’ incident?
an incident where he collected evidence that a cat with no tail never had a tail, and when the family filed an appeal it enraged him. (the cat still died)
The horses are officially labeled as
bred for size.
What was the outcome of the largest Fringes battle?
It was a victory for Waknuk, and two Fringes’ leaders were captured.
What did the main Fringes’ leader look like
He looked like a spider man with long arms and legs and his face resembled that of his father.
What is Nicholson’s Repentances?
It is the main religious text of Waknuk that is used to define the true image of man.
When David was young he ________ of “_________ _________”
-dreamed
-modern cities (our cities now)
What happened when David said, “if only I had another hand”?
This occurs when he was trying to tie a bandage around his splinter cut. He is forced down on his knees by his father and prays, and later he beats David.
What is the nightmare that David has about Sophie?
He has a nightmare that instead of the little calf being slaughtered at the Offence ceremony, it was Sophie, and she begged to everyone to let her go, but Joseph slashed her neck.
How close were the Fringes army to Waknuk in chapter 4?
Seven miles away
How does Alan discover Sophie is a deviation?
After Sophie and David were playing in a stream, they were drying their feet on the rock, and when Sophie stepped on it to run away to put her shoes on when Alan approached, he saw her six toes.
What does David do to Alan?
He fights him, and Sophie smashes him in the head with a rock (he doesn’t die).
What happens when he tells Sophie’s parents about Alan?
They pack up to leave and David asks to come, he is refused.
What does the inspector accuse David of concealing?
A deviation; Sophie.
What are the names of all of the thought shape people?
Micheal, Sally, Katherine, Mark, Anne Rachel, David, Rosalind, Petra and Walter Brent (though Walter died)
David, Anne, Mark, Petra, Micheal, Rachel, Sally, Katherine, Rosalind
DAMPMRSKR
What does Axel think that makes a human human?
He says the mind makes a human, the superior mind put humans on a different level, and that’s why deviations should not be a part of society, not because of their deviations but because of their brain.
What happened when David was harvesting in the field?
An intense, irresistible urge (which he describes like a fish hook) calls him to the deeper ponds down the stream he was playing in before, and he saves Petra from drowning
Anne announces at the end of chapter nine that she is going to . . .
marry
How many fields did Angus Morton and Joseph Strorm lose in chapter 9?
Both lost three fields of crops to deviations
old Jacob says even what crop is deviated?
Beans
What is the tribe to the northwest of Waknuk
it is a tribe where Women are taller and dominate, they keep men in cages until they are twenty four when they then eat them.
What does parts of the badlands do on dark nights?
glows faintly
