A Separate Peace
Vocab Chapters 7-8
In your literature spiral:
1. Definition of how the word is used in the novel
2. Part Of Speech
3. Use the word appropriately in a sentence
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
1. gabardine-77
2. derision-78
3. rasping-79
4. arsenic-80
5. implausibility-81
6. bleary-87
7. futility-88
8. tributaries-90
9. dexterity-91
10. provocative-93
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gilding-94
veered-97
inevitable-99
congealed-100
gaunt-100
bequest-100
reticent-101
bric-a-brac-101
aphorism-103
grimacing-105
gibe-111
sententiousness-112
A Separate Peace
Chapters 7-8
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR LITERATURE SPIRAL USING COMPLETE
SENTENCES. PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR RESPONSES.
Chapter 7
1. Explain briefly what happens in the Butt Room when Brinker takes Gene there.
2. Explain how snow is described through war imagery.
3. List the important traits of each character as revealed from the opening of the novel to the
present.
A. Brinker
B. Leper
4. What does Leper do instead of helping to shovel out the troop train? Why?
5. What decision does Gene make about the war? Supply two possible causes for Gene's
decision.
Chapter 8
6. What causes Gene to lose interest in enlisting?
7. Why does Gene say that peace has returned to Devon?
8. What argument does Finny use in defending his statement that there isn't any war?
9. Give Finny's supposed reason for starting Gene in training as a runner.
10. How does Gene feel about his physical training under Finny's direction? Explain how
Gene's behavior here relates to his jumping from the tree (Chapter 3)?