Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlon by John Flanagan


Prologue - Chapter 2
Why does Will want to join the Battle School so badly?  How is it linked to the past?
Vocabulary:
monotony (1)
complacent (4)
pretense (6)
rigor (8)
haven (11)
confident (16)

Chapters 3 - 5
How might Will's agile traits help him in the life of a Ranger?  What do you know about Rangers?
Vocabulary:
poise (21)
berate (22)
emphatic (29)
arcane (31)
penchant (34)
relant (35)

Chapters 6 - 8
How have the Rangers played an important part in the history of the kingdom?
Vocabulary:
haphazard (47)
drape (51)
scour (51)
torrent (53)
lurid (60)
agile (62)

Chapters 9 - 11
What are some of the positives and negetives of Horace's Battle School experience?
Vocabulary:
trangress (66)
quiver (73)
taper (75)
attrition (79)
deficient (81)
assent (84)

Chapters 12 - 14
Why are Ranger's horses never stolen?  How are they unlike the battle horses?
Vocabulary:
mediocrity (85)
evade (88)
ornate (91)
sodden (97)
docile (99)

Chapters 15 - 18
Why do you think Halt hates when people answer a question with a question?
Vocabulary:
conform (107)
severity (108)
rouse (113)
pallid (114)
disheveled (125)
skulking (127)

Chapters 19 - 21
How has bullying affected Horace?  Why does it continue?
Vocabulary:
animosity (137)
baying (138)
vital (141)
deference (146)
adulation (147)
predeliction (149)

Chapters 22 - 23
Why might Gilan have chosen the Rangers over Battle School?  What are some advantages?  Disadvantages?
Vocabulary:
stipulate (153)
sneer (157)
consummate (162)
gait (169)
perterbed (172)
lanky (174)

Chapters 24 - 26
What makes the Kalkara so feared?  Why does Morgath use them?
Vocabulary:
collate (178)
reluctant (182)
magnitude (188)
isolate (190)
imperceptible (194)

Chapters 27 - 29
How has Halt held the attack off?  Why are they after him?
Vocabulary:
deviate (204)
averse (206)
debilitate (209)
respite (211)
saturate (221)

Chapters 30 - Epilogue
What is the truth about Will's father?
Vocabulary:
undaunted (224)
rancid (225)
solemn (232)
rectify (239)

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