Ninth Grade Slays

Chapters 1 - 2

What advice did Uncle Otis send in the letter?  Why do you think Vlad does not want to control people?

Vocabulary:

provisions (3)

famished (7)

contrary (8)

incapable (12)

adept (14)

Chapter 3

What do we know about Joss?  In what ways is he like Vlad?  How do you think he will be involved in the story?

Vocabulary:

queasy (21)

bemused (22)

disdain (23)

retort (24)

straggler (32)

Chapters 4 - 6

Do you agree with Nelly that Vlad needs to be more careful?  How do you think people would react to what he really is?

Vocabulary:

traipse (42)

nausea (45)

hefted (50)

notoriety (51)

manipulating (55)

myriad (64)

Chapters 7 - 8

What evidence does Eddie Poe have about Vlad?  What other secrets does Vlad have to hide?

Vocabulary:

incredulous (75)

audibly (76)

recite (80)

mocking (90)

perusal (94)

Chapters 9 - 10

For what reason has Vlad gone to study with Vikas?  What qualities does Vikus have that could make him a good teacher?

Vocabulary:

mope (100)

quenched (102)

suffice (109)

solemn (114)

proximity (116)

Chapters 11 - 12

Describe a vampire funeral.  Do you think it would be a happy or a sad occasion?  Why?

Vocabulary:

intricate (121)

rotund (122)

valor (125)

heinous (129)

sacrilege (136)

Chapters 13 - 14

Explain the Pravus legend.  How does Vlad fit the prediction?  What does that mean he might do someday?

Vocabulary:

external (144)

futile (145)

smirk (147)

crested (164)

instill (166)

Chapters 15 - 17

What motivated Eddie to want to discover Vlad's secret?  What are his homelife and past like?

Vocabulary:

bemused (177)

omitted (185)

nauseating (192)

glorified (197)

oblige (200)

Chapters 18 - 19

Make a prediction about Jasik's role in the end of this book.  Will he be helpful or harmful to Vlad?

Vocabulary:

timid (206)

protocol (208)

bretheren (211)

vowing (218)

reminiscing (219)

Chapters 20 - 21

What feelings are competing in Joss' head?  What motivated him?  What are the outcomes of his choice?

Vocabulary:

minions (229)

venture (232)

demise (233)

propel (244)

consent (245)

epitome (245)

Chapters 22 - 23

How does the book end for Vlad?  Which friends and allies did he keep, and which did he lose?

Vocabulary:

haze (260)

winced (262)

feeble (268)

coax (272)