McAllister 21-28

Chapter 21:Pages 191-196 (10 Points)

  1. What is the meaning of the word bovine on page 191?
  1. On page 192, Laura uses the phrase, “a penny for you thoughts.”

What does this phrase mean, in your own words?

  1. What is the meaning of the word belied on page 193?
  1. What excuse does Will offer for him being at the orphanage?
  1. What is Skip’s tone towards helping Will and Laura on 194?
  1. What do Laura and Will find out at the orphanage about March 5, 1912?

Chapter 22:

  1. What is the meaning of the word circumlocution on page 198?
  1. What happened to the photograph that featured Anna Krause

in the historical society?

  1. What is the simile on page 199?
  1. What does Will bring up in an attempt to stump Daniel Bell?
  1. What was Clayton Bell doing in Will’s dream?
  1. How does Laura knock out Bell?
  1. What does the word ignoble mean on page 203?
  1. Where do Will and Laura decide to hide?
  1. What do they find in the basement of

Stone Manor when Will reaches for a weapon?

Chapter 23

  1. What is the meaning of the word enshrouded on page 207?
  1. What two items do Will and Laura find that probably belonged

to Johnny Gunn?

  1. How is Laura’s version of the murders different than Will’s?
  1. What is the hyperbole on page 210?
  1. So, how does McAllister die (be specific)?
  1. What is the meaning of the word exonerated on page 211?
  1. Where do Will and Laura escape to when they leave

Stone Manor?

Chapter 24:

  1. Why do Will and Laura believe McAllister would have

built underground tunnels?

  1. What did Johnny Gunn use the tunnel system for?
  1. What is the meaning of the word inculcated on page 218?
  1. What does the word deluged mean on page 219?

Chapter 25:

  1. What is the meaning of the word abhorred on page 221?
  1. What does Will ask Laura to do if she gets out of the

tunnel?

  1. What dangerous situation is going on when Will enters

the basement of Town Hall?

  1. Who does Will find when he gets separated from Laura?
  1. What had happened to Dr. Perez? Who was responsible?

Chapter 26:

  1. What is the meaning of the word covert on page 228?
  1. Who is exposed as being a part of the Ring of McAllister?
  1. What reason does Daniel Bell give that Dr. Perez is lying?
  1. What finally convinces the townspeople that Will

is telling the truth and Daniel Bell is lying?

  1. Why was McAllister trying to kill the baby Elizabeth?
  1. If McAllister was dead, who made his will that gave

Red Fork to the servants?

  1. Why does it turn out no one has left Red Fork?

Chapter 27:

  1. What is the hyperbole on page 237?
  1. Who has the physical ring of McAllister?
  1. Who does it turn out that Laura’s great grandmother is?
  1. What connection does Will make between the Perez’s

arrival in Red Fork and the appearance of the ghost?

  1. Who is missing at the end of the chapter?

Where is this person?

Chapter 28:

  1. Where does Will find Laura?
  1. What is the meaning of the word juggernaut on page 245?
  1. When it says, “It was McAllister incarnate,” on page 245,

what does that mean?

  1. Who helps Laura and Will?
  1. What is the line that shows an example of verbal irony from

page 249?

  1. What is the meaning of the word adjacent on 250?
  1. What happens to Stone Manor as a result of the events?