Thursday, May 2, 2013

Skullduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones


Chapters 1 - 3
Why does Valkyrie use her reflection?  Does she have to?  What are some of the downsides of using it?
Vocabulary:
compulsion (8)
incognito (12)
gaol (18)
avert (20)

Chapters 4 - 5
Who are some of the people that Skuldugery seeks out information from?  In what ways are they different than others?
Vocabulary:
dour (42)
exile (45)
immaculate (55)
forgery (60)

Chapters 6 - 8
What advice does Kenspekle give to Valkyrie?  What is his opinion of Skulduggery?  What about the work he does?
Vocabulary:
feint (68)
redeem (80)
appalled (83)
admonish (86)

Chapters 9 - 12
What power do Necromancers have?  How do they contain their power?  Why are the unsettling for people?
Vocabulary:
contorted (98)
seclusion (103)
corrupted (111)
deplorable (114)

Chapters 13 - 16
Why would the Grand Mage think that Valkyrie and Skulduggery are the one that stole the Grotesquery?
Vocabulary:
heist (128)
excruciating (130)
divulge (133)
decimate (138)

Chapter 17 - 19
What warning does Ghastley have for Valkyrie?  Who gave him the warning?  Does Valkyrie listen to his advice?
Vocabulary:
impending (162)
ethics (165)
iota (169)
brusque (174)

Chapters 20 - 22
What power do the black crystals have?  Why do Skulduggery and Valkyrie need them?  Where can they be found?
Vocabulary:
contempt (191)
berate (195)
insistent (200)
immune (205)

Chapters 23 - 25
What unexpected events happen when Skulduggery and Valkyrie awake Anathem Mire?
Vocabulary:
depravitry (214)
interloper (216)
vanity (229)
integrity (230)

Chapters 26 - 27
Why is Tanish upset at the Necromancers?  What history does she have witht he "fourth cleaver"?
Vocabulary:
dignity (244)
optimistic (249)
covet (252)
contingent (261)

Chapters 28 - 30
Why is it dangerous for Valkyrie to be put in a cell with other prisoners?  
Vocabulary:
grime (265)
astray (270)
waif (286)
lunatic (290)

Chapters 31 - 32
What were the "double crosses" that each side had in place at the exchange?
Vocabulary:
snide (292)
deliberate (297)
cordon (301)
sorid (304)

Chapters 33 - 34
Why is the Diaboliare willing ot use all of their tools in this fight?
Vocabulary:
priority (325)
formulate (328)
amid (337)
discard (338)

Chapters 35 - 38
What was the secret of Batu's identity?
Vocabulary:
vehemently (347)
manifest (353)
arrogent (358)
trivial (363)

Chapters 39  - 44
What stance does Valkyrie have to find in order to get Skulduggery back?
Vocabulary:
exhultation (381)
peripheral (383)

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