Thursday, April 25, 2013

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale


Chapters 1 - 4
How does Montmorency come to meet Dr. Farcett?  How is Montmorency treated but the doctor?  By others?
Vocabulary:
realign (1)
interim (2)
noxious (8)
pungent (15)
lavatory (17)

Chapters 5 - 9
What is the core of Montmorency's plan?  Who can he share this information with?  Why?
Vocabulary:
disdain (23)
reluctance (29)
intervene (32)
jovial (36)
exhort (40)

Chapters 10 - 14
In what ways is the sewer similar to what Scarper expected?  What are some of the ways it is different?
Vocabulary:
abundant (47)
conspiritorial (52)
inure (56)
corset (66)

Chapters 15 - 18
Why might Cissie be dangerous to Montmorency's plan?
Vocabulary:
meticulious (78)
mimic (80)
cultivate (84)
inquiry (87)
treachery (92)

Chapters 19 - 21
What mistakes does Montmorency make at the hatters?
Vocabulary:
dilute (99)
quibble (103)
beckon (111)
lurid (115)

Chapters 22 - 24
How does the opera affect Montmorency?  How is it different from his earlier life?
Vocabulary:
delicacy (120)
luxurious (123)
preoccupied (129)
rapturous (132)
revolted (134)

Chapters 25 - 28
How does Montmorency work to make himself and Scarper look, act and sound different?
Vocabulary:
menace (141)
dissent (142)
elegant (146)
torrent (159)
hygenic (163)

Chapters 29 - 33
Under what circumstances does Montmorency meet Fox-Selwyn?
Vocabulary:
ridicule (165)
malady (165)
audible (173)
ornate (178)
sustenance (182)

Chapters 34 - 39
In what ways does Scarper try and make up for his crimes?
Vocabulary:
exuberant (191)
influx (193)
promenade (202)
dithered (205)
impinged (213)

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