Blood Fever by Charlie Higson

Prologue - Chapter 1

What is the purpose of the Danger Society?  How do you join?  What do the members do?

Vocabulary:

bulwark (vi)

shoal (vii)

uncivial (xi)

protrude (xv)

evade (2)

jaunt (10)

Chapters 2 - 4

Describe James' aunt.  What does she do?  How does she feel about Latin?

Vocabulary:

gnarled (14)

decrepit (17)

prefect (24)

mock (30)

grisly (34)

mutely (40)

Chapters 5 - 6

What do we know about Zoltan?  Where is he from?  How did he become a sailor?  What is he planning?

Vocabulary:

horde (45)

drawl (50)

saunter (54)

cacophany (60)

sullen (62)

contraband (64)

Chapters 7 - 8

Why doesn't James trust Cooper-Ffrench?  What information do we know about him?

Vocabulary:

excavate (70)

skullguggery (73)

brusk (85)

raucous (87)

idle (90)

Chapters 9 - 11

Describe Count Ugo and his sister Jana.  How do they act?  How are they different from each other?

Vocabulary:

incongruous (98)

quay (103)

subconscious (105)

nauseous (109)

ensamble (115)

vivid (116)

extravagant (120)

Chapters 12 - 13

How does James' dive help to make Mauro a friend?  Does the attack later bring them closer together or farther apart?  Why?

Vocabulary:

desolate (129)

mimicked (133)

recoil (138)

neutrality (145)

chaotic (151)

grime (155)

Chapters 14 - 15

What is Ugo's house like?  What clues exist for James to discover Ugo's guilt?

Vocabulary:

lurid (158)

arid (159)

facades (162)

stable (173)

agitated (175)

replica (177)

Chapters 16 - 17

What is your opinion of Zoltan?  Is he a good or a bad character?  Has he been helpful or hurtful to James?

Vocabulary:

grimace (187)

excrement (189)

ungainly (191)

feud (149)

unimpeded (203)

primative (204)

Chapters 18 - 20

Who ends up working for Ugo?  Why?  What is he willing to do, or kill for his boss?

Vocabulary:

rivalry (215)

neglected (217)

discarded (220)

agile (227)

exquisite (236)

martyr (241)

Chapters 21 - 23

How does Ugo decide to torture James?  Why?  What happenes because fo the torture?

Vocabulary:

guise (246)

pierce (253)

menace (255)

livid (256)

writhe (264)

enquiring (266)

Chapters 24 - 25

What choise does James have about saving Amy?  Who wants to keep her?  What does James want to happen?

Vocabulary:

aromatic (276)

drowsiness (279)

dialect (283)

lurid (286)

sporatic (289)

tension (296)

Chapters 26 - 30

How does the story end for James?  What about for Zoltan?  Did he get what he wanted?

Vocabulary:

falter (299)

monotany (300)

entourage (312)

maneuvered (341)

trodden (346)