Ch 21 - 30

Chapter 21—A New Departure in Flavourings

Vocabulary:
plaintively - expressive of suffering or woe
sarcastic – using a sharply mocking statement or remark
orator - one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker
liniment - a liquid medicine rubbed on the skin especially to relieve pain

Study Questions:
1. Why is Marilla surprised that Anne needed two handkerchiefs?
2. Why is Anne so fond of Mrs. Allan?
3. Describe the incident when Mrs. Allan tastes Anne's cake.
4. According to Marilla who is to blame for this?

Chapter 22—Anne is Invited out to Tea

Vocabulary:
etiquette - the rules governing the proper way to behave
seraph - a celestial being with two or three pairs of wings who guards the throne of God.
innovation - a new idea, method, or device

Study Questions:
1. Why does Anne arrive home so excited?
2. What rules of etiquette has Anne been studying?
3. Describe what Mrs. Allan was wearing when she greeted Anne at the door?
4. What kind of new teacher did they have in Avonlea that Mrs. Lynde felt was a dangerous innovation?

Chapter 23—Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honour

Vocabulary:
enticing - to attract by arousing hope or desire:
perch - a bar or peg on which something is hung
ridgepole - the highest horizontal timber in a sloping roof to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened
entreated - to ask in a serious and urgent manner
revelation - something that is revealed; especially: surprising or astonishing knowledge

Study Questions:
1. What did Diana Barry decide to do a week after having tea at the manse?
2. For what did Ruby Gillis have a mortal dread?
3. Who dared Anne to walk the ridgepole?
4. What sudden revelation did Marilla have when she saw Mr. Barry carrying Anne into the yard?
5. According to Marilla what had not been injured by Anne's fall off the roof?

Chapter 24—Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert

Vocabulary:
mellow - made gentle by age or experience
promote - to advance
undertaking - to take on as a duty
patriotism - love for or devotion to one's country

Study Questions:
1. What does Anne feel instinctively when Miss Stacy pronounces her name?
2. Why did the boys climb to the top of the big trees?
3. Why did Marilla think that Anne was vain?
4. Why was Anne happy to talk to Matthew about the concert?

Chapter 25—Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

Vocabulary:
bashfully - socially shy or timid
scornfully - expressing deep hatred or disapproval
cluster - a number of similar things that occur together
inscrutable - not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood
ordeal - a severe trial or experience
ingratiatingly - intended or adopted in order to gain favor
deprecatory - seeking to avoid disapproval: apologetic
loftily - elevated in character and spirit: noble

Study Questions:
1. What is a bootjack?
2. What did Matthew notice about Anne that was different from her mates?
3. Why did Matthew end up buying a garden rake in the middle of December?
4. Why is Mrs. Lynde pleased when Matthew asks her to pick out a fashionable dress with puffed sleeves for
Anne?
5. What happens at the concert that suggests Gilbert Blythe cares deeply for Anne?

Chapter 26—The Story Club Is Formed

Vocabulary:
trifling - lacking in significance or solid worth
amid - in or into the middle of: surrounded by
uncharitable - severe in judging: harsh
treads - to step or walk on or over
regal - of, relating to, or suitable for a king
turbulent - causing unrest, violence, or disturbance

Discussion Questions:
1. What is Anne's "besetting sin"?
2. According to Diana, why will Anne find it easy to write her composition?
3. Why did Anne suggest that she and Diana form a story club?
4. What is meant by a nom de plume?
5. According to Mr. Allan, what is the important or great thing to remember when writing a story?

Chapter 27—Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

Vocabulary:
briskly - keenly alert: lively
kindling - easily combustible material for starting a fire
riled - to make agitated and angry: upset
cowered - to shrink away especially for shelter from something that frightens
veracity - devotion to the truth: truthfulness
impeached - to cast doubt on

Study Questions:
1. Why was Marilla disappointed and irritated when she returned home from her meeting?
2. Where did Marilla find Anne?
3. Explain why Anne was in her bedroom.
4. What is meant by the sentence, "Anne promptly turned her glass to the wall."
5. How did Marilla attempt to solve Anne's "bad hair day".

Chapter 28— An Unfortunate Lily Maid

Vocabulary:
ruthlessly - having no pity
parsed - to give the part of speech of a word and explain its relation to other words in a sentence
yielding - to give up possession of on claim or demand: surrender
flowery - full of fine words or phrases
indulged - to give in to one's own or another's desires

Study Questions:
1. Whose idea was it to dramatize the poem Elaine?
2. Why did Anne caution Ruby not to talk about Mrs. Lynde?
3. In what unfortunate dilemma did Anne suddenly find herself as she drifted in the flat (barge)?
4. Why is Anne so angry and upset when she is finally rescued?
5. Anne tells Marilla that she has learned much from her mistakes. What does she claim to have learned from
this incident?

Chapter 29—An Epoch in Anne's Life

Vocabulary:
epoch - an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
ecstasy - a state of overwhelming emotion
divined - of, relating to, or coming directly from God or a god
abashed - to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of
abomination - extreme disgust and hatred

Study Questions:
1. What news does Diana have for Anne?
2. How far away was Charlottetown and estimate how long you think the trip would take in those days?
3. Why did Anne refuse to bet with Diana on the horse races?
4. Why did Miss Barry give Anne and Diana ten cents each?

Chapter 30—The Queen's Class Is Organized

Vocabulary:
enthralling - to hold spellbound: charm
indulgent - being kind and patient
appalling - inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust
contritely - feeling or showing sorrow
shroud - something that covers, screens, or guards
tantrum - a fit of bad temper

Study Questions:
1. Why does Anne think Miss Stacy had paid a visit to Green Gables?
2. What was the real reason for Miss Stacy's visit?
3. What incident is Anne referring to when she states that she has, "tasted the bitterness of death"?
4. Why was there open rivalry between Gilbert and Anne?
5. Why had Marilla not been at the Aid meeting on Thursday?