English, so much unfairness of things, Backward boy, Denton’s daughter – Flashcards
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Limpid
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Calm; untroubled; serene
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Objective
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Unbiased; fair, neutral; based on facts; not influenced by personal feelings
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Euphemism
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Referring usually unpleasant or embarrassing
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Exhibited
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To offer or expose; to view
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Harbigners
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One that announces or foreshadows what is coming; omen/signal
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What is the setting of the story? (time and place) (BB)
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The setting of the story is in Alaska, bulldozer city, after WWII
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What is Auber's real name?
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Auber's real name is Albert Dubois
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What is a retainee?
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A retainee means to be held back; flunked
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what was Auber's reaction to being held back in first grade? Why did the teacher leave the room?
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Auber began to cry a lot. The teacher left the room to sit and cry.
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What are three things the teacher learns about Auber from his compositions?
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1) Auber had a poor family 2) Auber is not treated well at home 3) Auber's father is an alcoholic
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Why did the teacher decide to move away?
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She decided to move away because of the Alaskan winters (too cold) and wanted to find a husband
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What did the new teacher think of Auber's writing? What was Auber's reaction?
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The new teacher thought Auber's writing was stupid (got angry and yelled), so Auber dropped out of school.
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Is the narrator limited or omniscient? Why? (DD)
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The narrator is limited because the story is told by one person: Buck
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Are the characters in the story round or flat? (DD)
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The characters in the story are flat.
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who is the protagonist of the story (DD)
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The protagonist of the story is (Carroll) Buck Fahey.
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Who is Mr. Denton? (DD)
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Mr. Denton is the new history teacher at Buck's school
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What were the narrator's academic problems? Why does he feel like he is having these problems? What does he think the punishment for these problems are? (DD)
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The narrator's academic problems are flunking in every class, especially history, but not math. The narrator (Buck) feels like he is having these problems because he believes he doesn't work overly hard. Buck thinks his punishment for these problems is being grounded without a car, girlfriend, or lacrosse.
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Who is Kathy? (DD)
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Kathy is Buck's girlfriend since the ninth grade.
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Why was Buck named Carroll? (DD)
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Buck was named Carroll because his older brother got to have his grandfathers name, so Carroll was the only name left for Buck.
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What did the narrator feel was unusual about Mr. Denton? How are the other teachers at school? (DD)
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What the narrator felt was unusual about Mr. Denton was how Mr. Denton was wondering if anything had gone wrong, and how the other teachers do not ask that kind of question.
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What did Buck do that got him in trouble with Kathy? (DD)
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Buck was 1/2 an hour late to meet Kathy, and told Kathy that he wouldn't take her to the party on Saturday.
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On page 96, what does it mean when he says, "Oh well, I figure, you know what they say about love and war, and with my marks, my father, and Kathy, this was both." ? (DD)
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Buck is explaining that no matter what he does or feels he wall get a good grade and its fair, this is his excuse: Love: Evelyn and Kathy, War: father
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How did he describe Denton's daughter to Kathy? (DD)
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Buck described Denton's daughter to Kathy by explaining how Evelyn (Denton's daughter) would be a girl with straight brown hair, braces, long nosed, horn-rimmed glasses, and how she'll be a stick figure.
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Why did Buck seem less depressed about his situation with Kathy after her description of Evelyn? (DD)
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Buck seemed less depressed because Kathy described in a way that explained that Evelyn was cuter than Kathy.
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What was Buck's surprise when he went to Mr. Denton's house? (DD)
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Bucks surprise was how Evelyn looked different from another picture Kathy had given to Buck.
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What happened at the end of the story? (DD)
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At the end of the story , Kathy hadn't said anything to Buck for 3 weeks, Buck got a 67 in history so his father grounded him
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Could the ending have been predicted? what were the clues? (DD)
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yes, the clues were how Buck flunked both of his quizzes and was carless about studying for them.
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Conjugate
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Different forms of a verb
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Ample
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Enough or more than enough, or (especially: of body size) large
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Scaled
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To adjust an amount according to a fixed scale or proportion followed by down or up
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Trite
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A remark, idea, etc. that does not seem sincere or true because it has been used so much before or is too simple.
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Ornate
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Elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so. Having a lot of complicated decoration.
