Silverfin by Charlie Higgins

Prologue - Chapter 2

Whatare some of the odd names and phrases used at Eton?

Vocabulary:

reluctant (ix)

seething (xvii)

disorderly (3)

haphazard (5)

roused (9)

ornate (7)

Chapters 3 - 5

What do we know of Lord Hellebore?  How did he become wealthy?  Why is he sponsoring the competition?

Vocabulary:

fanatical (26)

ravage (28)

grimace (31)

retching (36)

melodramatic (46)

thrash (50)

Chapters 6 - 7

What is your opinion of "Red" Kelly?  Should he be trusted?  What do we know about him?

Vocabulary:

conceal (59)

mishap (64)

scald (70)

dreary (73)

queue (76)

audible (83)

Chapters 8 - 9

What have we been told about World War I up to this point?  What do you already know about this conflict?  When did it happen?  Where?  Why?

Vocabulary:

exotic (88)

blunt (92)

idle (97)

vigorous (99)

isolated (102)

rudiments (106)

Chapters 10 - 12

Why do James and Red want to explore Loch Silverfin?  What do they hope to find?  Who owns the land?

Vocabulary:

arsenal (112)

fraility (115)

equestrian (126)

jostle (129)

optimistic (132)

terrain (136)

Chapters 13 - 14

Is George a bad person?  What are some of the bad things he has done?  Why does he do them?

Vocabulary:

saunter (145)

shrubbery (147)

sleuth (151)

imperial (161)

solitary (165)

custody (167)

Chapters 15 - 17

What happened to Meatpacker?  Why didn't he wait for James?  Who might have found them?

Vocabulary:

competent (175)

utterly (184)

petrified (187)

lavatory (188)

sentry (197)

consoled (199)

Chapters 18 - 19

Why did James enter without a plan?  What was he hoping to find?  What did he actually find?

Vocabulary:

"vantage point" (207)

hysteria (208)

daft (213)

mausoleum (222)

entangle (227)

pursuer (227)

Chapters 20 - 21

What is Lord Hellebore's plan?  What happened to his brother?

Vocabulary:

studious (230)

embellish (234)

neurotic (236)

quaint (244)

squat (248)

apt (250)

Chapters 22 - 24

How does James escape?  Where was he being held?  Why?

Vocabulary:

obediant (253)

retrospect (257)

primary (259)

gargantuan (265)

submerge (273)

Chapters 25 - 26

If you were James, would you return?  Would you trust George?  Why or why not?

Vocabulary:

exhilarating (284)

dilapidated (290)

vandal (294)

molten (299)

tethered (306)

Chapters 27 - 28

What was the resolution of the story?  What happened to Lord and George Hellebore?  James?  Max?

Vocabulary:

eerie (308)

sniviling (317)

torrent (326)