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Inventory
a list of items
Capitulates
A continuous attack
Bombardments
attacks, shells or missiles
Debris
scattered pieces of waste or remains
Incendiary
a device to cause fire
Publican
manage licensed premises like pups and bars
Jerry
german soldier
Acrid
having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell
Cacophony
a harsh discordant sound
Abattoir
a slaughterhouse
Feral
a wild state of mind
Lady Godiva
a brave and courageous woman who rode naked on a horse for the high taxes.
Allusion
Mackintosh
Rain jacket
allusion
Luftwaffe
German nazi air force
“The air raid sirens start to wail
personification
“It is long and cylindrical, like a firecracker”
simile
“Jeremy Fisher, like the frog”
Allusion , simile
“She likes Beatrix Potter stories
Allusion
After Maeve left the gamekeeper, where was she hired
A maid in a big country house
Who is the “sparrow man”
An old man that talked to her at the pup-she was drawing a bird and she said it was a swallow. -he said it was a sparrow
Describe Jeremy the first time Harriet meets him
Young and boy like, skittish, a boy the height of a man
Why did Maeve leave the home of her parents
They are strict and she was pregnant and didn’t know who the father was. And she didn’t want to get married. Her father asked her to leave
Describe the gamekeeper’s cottage
The cottage flowed green when the sun was shining, trapped underwater-suffocating
Why was Maeve with the gamekeeper
He married her to stay in his home, she was poor and had a baby.
Who is Maeve concerned about
Jermy fisher
What interesting thing does Harriet discover about Jeremy
He is color blind
Jeremy considers the engine system, a heart
personification
For what two reasons has Harriet stayed on in Coventry after Owen’s death
Her first home with him and and owens family
What is a Gatling gun?
Rapid fire gun
What was the pub name where Maeve worked as a barmaid
Bucket of blood
Name two other places where Maeve worked
Plant nerve, dressmaker assistant
Describe the relationship between Maeve and Jeremy’s father
His father was one of several soldiers she slept with and got pregnant by one of them and tells germy he died in war.
