Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister


Prologue - Chapter 1
Describe the kingdom of Mistmantle.  Who rules?  What rules are people unhappy about?
Vocabulary:
smother (3)
precious (4)
moored (10)
vital (15)
indignant (17)

Chapters 2 - 3
What has happened at the castle?  How do the animals ecide who is guilty?  Do you agree with this method?
Vocabulary:
parchment (21)
fencing (26)
solemn (33)
queue (40)

Chapters 4 - 5
Why was Crispen banished?  What became of Urchin?  Where does Captain Husk spend his nights?
Vocabulary:
murmers (43)
succession (44)
traitor (46)
aura (59)
appaul (59)

Chapters 6 - 7
Why is it dangerous for Granite to become the new captain?  What is Husk's plan?
Vocabulary:
collide (62)
seething (64)
aroma (66)
pestilence (75)
prophecy (77)

Chapters 8 - 9
Describe Gleaner.  Why does she  not like Urchin?  How does she show it?
Vocabulary:
hearth (84)
phial (87)
banquet (89)
scurry (93)
fidgit (97)

Chapters 10 - 12
What has Padra done with the culled children?  What happenes to them?
Vocabulary:
jostle (106)
decay (110)
yearn (112)
exile (117)
solemn (121)

Chapters 13 - 14
Why do you think the king has changed so much?  Who made him this way?  Why?
Vocabulary:
sly (130)
borne (131)
meager (132)
deprive (147)

Chapters 15 - 16
What do we know about Tay?  Why does she decide to help Husk and Aspen?
Vocabulary:
nourish (159)
enforce (161)
cope (167)
inferior (169)
treachery (171)

Chapters 17 - 19
What caused Urchin to have to leave the island?  If he finds Crispen, why would that be good or bad?
Vocabulary:
dense (178)
obstinate (182)
stow (186)
impale (193)
wistful (194)

Chapters 20 - 21
How have Husk and Aspen worked to make the king look bad during the Spring Festival?
Vocabulary:
revive (208)
ransack (210)
vermin (213)
dais (216)
serenity (218)

Chapters 22 - 24
Do you think Gleaner is a bad squirrel?  Think about what she's done and who she serves.  Explain your thoughts.
Vocabulary:
drone (230)
abdicate (231)
pitiable (235)
gnaw (239)
dismay (245)

Chapters 25 - 27
What happened to Husk and Aspen?  Crispen?  Prada?  Urchin?

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