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Inventory

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a list of items

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2
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Capitulates

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A continuous attack

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3
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Bombardments

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attacks, shells or missiles

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Debris

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scattered pieces of waste or remains

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5
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Incendiary

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a device to cause fire

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6
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Publican

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manage licensed premises like pups and bars

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7
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Jerry

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german soldier

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Acrid

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having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell

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Cacophony

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a harsh discordant sound

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10
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Abattoir

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a slaughterhouse

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11
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Feral

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a wild state of mind

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12
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Lady Godiva

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a brave and courageous woman who rode naked on a horse for the high taxes.

Allusion

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13
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Mackintosh

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Rain jacket
allusion

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14
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Luftwaffe

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German nazi air force

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“The air raid sirens start to wail

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personification

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“It is long and cylindrical, like a firecracker”

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simile

17
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“Jeremy Fisher, like the frog”

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Allusion , simile

18
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“She likes Beatrix Potter stories

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Allusion

19
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After Maeve left the gamekeeper, where was she hired

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A maid in a big country house

20
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Who is the “sparrow man”

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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

21
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Describe Jeremy the first time Harriet meets him

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Young and boy like, skittish, a boy the height of a man

22
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Why did Maeve leave the home of her parents

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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

23
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Describe the gamekeeper’s cottage

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The cottage flowed green when the sun was shining, trapped underwater-suffocating

24
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Why was Maeve with the gamekeeper

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He married her to stay in his home, she was poor and had a baby.

25
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Who is Maeve concerned about

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Jermy fisher

26
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What interesting thing does Harriet discover about Jeremy

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He is color blind

27
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Jeremy considers the engine system, a heart

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personification

28
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For what two reasons has Harriet stayed on in Coventry after Owen’s death

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Her first home with him and and owens family

29
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What is a Gatling gun?

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Rapid fire gun

30
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What was the pub name where Maeve worked as a barmaid

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Bucket of blood

31
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Name two other places where Maeve worked

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Plant nerve, dressmaker assistant

32
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Describe the relationship between Maeve and Jeremy’s father

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His father was one of several soldiers she slept with and got pregnant by one of them and tells germy he died in war.

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