Ch 31 - 38

Chapter 31—Where the Brook and River Meet

Vocabulary:
consumption - a progressive wasting away of the body especially from pulmonary tuberculosis
zest - 1: a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
2: keen enjoyment
theology - the study of religious faith, practice, and experience
shirks - to get out of doing especially what one ought to do
flounce - to move with exaggerated jerky or bouncy motions
trustee - a person who has been given responsibility for someone else's property
consternation - amazement, alarm, or disappointment that makes one feel helpless or confused
elope - to run away secretly with the intention of getting married

Study Questions:
1. Why does Marilla allow Anne so much freedom during her summer vacation?
2. What "good friends" does Anne retrieve from the attic at the end of the summer?
3. Why is Marilla crying?
4. What is Anne's stumbling-block?

Chapter 32—The Pass List is Out

Vocabulary:
fluttery - to move with quick wavering or flapping motions
headway - motion or rate of motion in a forward direction
composed - free from agitation : calm
conjugations - a class of verbs having the same type of inflectional forms

Study Questions:
1. Why were the handkerchiefs so damp?
2. Why was Ruby in hysterics when Anne reached the boarding house?
3. Why did Anne want so desperately to finish well up the list?
4. How many names appeared on the pass list and whose name was at the top?

Chapter 33—The Hotel Concert

Vocabulary:
burnished - to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
conniving - to be indulgent or in secret sympathy
lamented - mourned for
scoffed - an expression of scorn or mockery
amateur - one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession

Study Questions:
1. Describe how the east gable had changed over the past four years.
2. What was the purpose of holding the concert?
3. Who arrived at Green Gables to take Anne to the concert?
4. What is meant by the expressions "country bumpkins" and "rustic belles"?
5. Why is Anne convinced that she and her friends are rich?

Chapter 34—A Queen's Girl

Vocabulary:
ample - generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
agitatedly - to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
subside - to sink or fall to the bottom
pinnacle - the highest point of development or achievement
aspiration - a strong desire to achieve something high or great

Study Questions:
1. What does Matthew mean by Mrs. Spencer's lucky mistake?
2. Why does Anne decide not to board with Miss Josephine Barry?
3. Explain how Josie Pye insults Anne during her brief visit.
4. What does Anne resolve to do at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 35—The Winter at Queen's

Vocabulary:
comrades - an intimate friend or associate; companion
wistful - full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
latter - of or relating to the end
abated - to put an end to
looming - to appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form
strife – fight; struggle
immortal – live forever

Study Questions:
1. What do the Avonlea students do every Friday night if the weather cooperates?
2. What happened after the Christmas holidays?
3. Who were the three medal contenders according to the other students?
4. What is meant by commencement?

Chapter 36—The Glory and the Dream

Vocabulary:
solemnly- being serious and dignified in appearance or behavior
pang - a brief piercing spasm of pain
parasol - a lightweight umbrella used as a sunshade
reproachfully - an expression of disapproval
coeducational - education of male and female students at the same school or college
oculist - ophthalmologist (eye doctor)
nominal - very small

Study Questions:
1. Why did Anne tell Jane that she would go straight to the girls' dressing room?
2. What caused Anne to feel a sickening pang of defeat?
3. What spectacular news did Anne receive?
4. Why does Marilla plan on seeing the doctor in June?
5. Explain the significance of the last sentence in the chapter.

Chapter 37—The Reaper Whose Name is Death

Vocabulary:
drawn - showing the effects of tension, pain, or illness
threshold - the place or point of entering or beginning
pallid - lacking sparkle or liveliness: dull
thronged - a crowding together of many persons
placid - peacefully free of interruption or disturbance
anguished - tormented
vigil - an act or period of watching or surveillance
tilled - to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops
convolutions - a complication or intricacy of form, design, or structure

Study Questions:
1. What happens to Matthew and why does it happen?
2. How do we know that Matthew and the Cuthbert family were well-respected in Avonlea?
3. Why does Anne say to Marilla, "Oh, just let me cry"?
4. What story does Marilla reveal to Anne about Gilbert Blythe's father?

Chapter 38— The Bend in the Road

Vocabulary:
Prohibition - an order forbidding something; often capitalized: the forbidding by law of the sale and
manufacture of alcoholic beverages
resolutely - marked by firm determination
sha'n't – shall not
substantial – important, essential, necessary
courteously - marked by respect for and consideration of others
congenial - having the same disposition, interests, or tastes

Study Questions:
1. What did the doctor tell Marilla about her eyes?
2. Why had John Sadler from Carmody paid a visit to Marilla at Green Gables?
3. What news does Anne tell Marilla about the scholarship?
4. How old will Anne be when she starts her teaching career?
5. What news does Mrs. Lynde bring to Anne about Gilbert Blythe?
6. Describe Gilbert and Anne's conversation at the end of the final chapter.