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Lit Gathering Blue
Literature Gathering Blue/ Chapters 1-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define lingering. | to remain in a place longer than expected |
| Define guardian. | a person who guards or protects something |
| Define reliable. | dependable |
| Define flattery. | excessive praise |
| Define acknowledged. | recognized |
| Define taunting. | reproach in a sarcastic, insulting manner |
| Define reluctant. | unwilling |
| Define recognized. | ones accomplishment |
| Define deformed. | misshapen |
| Define remnant. | remaning part |
| Where is Kira when the story opens? | in the field of leaving |
| What is Kira waiting for? | her mother's spirit to leave |
| Why is Kira using a walking stick? | she has a bad leg |
| What happened to Kira's father? | he was taken by beasts on a hunt and never returned |
| Who does Kira talk to back at the village? | Matt |
| What is left in Kira's garden? | her mother's flowers and summer veggies |
| What does the woman take from the garden? | carrots |
| What is on Vandara's face? | a scar from her chin to her neck |
| What does Vandara pick up? | a rock |
| When she speaks to the hostile woman, to what does Kira appeal? | fear |
| What would happen to the causer-of-death? | the causer-of-death must die |
| Who will decide Kira's fate? | Council of Guardians |
| Why does Kira have no where to go? | because her house was burned to the ground because of sickness |
| Define reverent. | deeply respected |
| Define yearned. | earnest desire |
| Define agonized. | to suffer extreme pain |
| Define infinite. | unlimited |
| Define identical. | being the same |
| Define assertion. | declaration that something is true |
| Define competent. | satisfactory |
| Define ornamentation. | decoration |
| Define fragile. | breakable |
| Define radiant. | emanating light or heat |
| Who lived through the ruin? | no one |
| Who tells of the ruin? | The Singer |
| What does Kira do when she approaches the stick cross? | she folds her hands |
| What does Vandara do after she makes the worshipful gesture? | bowed |
| According to Vandara, why was Kira allowed to live as an infant? | because her Grandfather was alive and had power |
| Why is Kira not required to defend herself? | youth, being a 2 syllable girl |
| What does Kira touch in her pocket? | a cloth |
| Who wears ornamentation? | Jamison, The Singer, and important people of the village |
| What is in the volumes bound with green leather? | amendments, rules, and history of events |
| What question does Kira ask about her father's death? | She wants to know if her father was scared when he was taken by beasts. |
| What crime does Matt say Vandara has committed? | poisoned her own tyke |
| What special sewing did Kira's mother do? | the art of dye, she replaced the threads in The Singers robe |
| What color couldn't Kira's mother make? | blue |
| When did Kira decorate the cloth she touches in her pocket? | when her mom was sick |
| Define flawlessly. | without fault |
| Define steadfast. | fixed or firm |
| Define nauseated. | to feel disgust |
| Define stealthily. | secret manner |
| Define haughty. | disdainfully proud, snobbish |
| Define shuttle. | a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side to another side of the weft |
| Define treadle. | a foot pedal motioning a machine apart. |
| Define jauntily. | easy or spritely in manner or bearing |
| Define inert. | having no inherited power of action |
| What was in the box | The Singer's robe |
| Who taught Kira's mother the art of dye? | Annabel, now Annabella |
| Who gets the spot where Kira's cott was? | Vandara and the women of the village |
| What is Kira's new job? | to finish The Singer's robe |
| How did Matt get his dog? | Branch got injured and Matt took care of him |
| Why will Kira meet Matt at the steps at four bels? | to collect the things Matt has for her. |
| What happened to Camilla? | She fell off a rock and broke her arm. |
| Who accompanies Kira to her new living space? | Matt, Branch, and Jamison |
| What is inside the closet doors? | supplies and THE SIGNER'S ROBE |
| What does the second door lead to? | the bathroom |
| Who lives down the hall? | Thomas the carver |
| What is in the bundle Matt carries? | Kira's mom's necklace, threads, her threading frame, herbs, basket, tubers, and clothing |
| What happens to the special cloth at night? | It "comes alive" |
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