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)