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railed: to scold in harsh language; gutter sentence: When I complained about the food, my father railed and roared. bluster: threatening speech sentence: His bluster made me feel threatened and scared. aloft: in the air sentence: Her small hands waved aloft. league: unit of distance sentence: The park is about five leagues away from the building. morrow: the next day sentence: Wishing that the morrow will be lucky day, I got ready to sleep. lope: move with long strides sentence: The giant loped around his house as everything in his house bumped into each other. emblazoned: inscribed; written sentence: The quote was emblazoned on the cover of the book. monotony: sameness of sound sentence: the raindrops were dropping in monotony. cunning: clever skill sentence: His cunning was very useful in business.

Ch.25 mood: light-hearted characters: Crispin & Bear theme: Everyone can change. conflict: internal- Crispin wonders if he has a soul. external- Bear cuts Crispin's hair and makes him clean himself. Crispin changes a lot. protagonist: Crispin & Bear antagonist: No one setting: Medieval time period in England symbol: water = cleanliness

Ch.26 mood: happy characters: Crispin & Bear theme: Practice makes perfect. conflict: internal - Crispin thinks he cannot play instrument. external-Crispin make mistakes in playing the recorder. protagonist: Crispin & Bear antagonist: no one setting: Medieval time period in England symbol: recorder = fun

Ch.27 mood: scary characters: Crispin & Bear & John Aycliffe theme: Be careful all the time conflict: internal- Crispin wants to be like Bear so that he can look at pigeons to find out his own situation. external- John Aycliffe and his men were waiting to kill Crispin. protagonist: Crispin & Bear antagonist: John Aycliffe setting: Medieval time period in England symbol: pigeons = bad situation

Ch.28 mood: mysterious characters: Crispin & Bear theme: There are tons of secrets around you. conflict: internal- Crispin wants to know the truth of the secrets around him. external- Crispin and Bear cannot move to where they want to go because of Aycliffe. protagonist: Crispin & Bear antagonist: No one setting: Medieval time period in England symbol: cross = secret

1. Give an example of at least one symbol from chapter 25. Explain your choice. A. In chapter 25, the water Crispin used to clean his face symbolized change and cleanliness. Dagger = new start

2. What is the mood of Chapter 25? Explain. A. The mood of chapter 25 is light-hearted because Crispin and Bear started to become more friendly to each other. Hopeful = Crispin gets hope from playing recorder...

3. What does Crispin learn about Bear's nature in chapter 26? A. Crispin now realizes that even though Bear has a bad temper, that he usually does not mean many of the things he says in anger. Therefore Crispin has realized that Bear is a good person although at times, he has a bad temper.

4. What does Crispin pray to St.Giles for at the end of chapter 26? A. Crispin wishes for him to play music well, be a credit to Bear, to have a soul, to sing and dance well like Bear, and that Bear won't betray him.

5. What did the actions of the bird symbolize to Bear in chapter 27? A. Actions of the bird in chapter 27 symbolized a bad situation to Bear which later he found out was John Aycliffe trying to capture Crispin.

6. Give an example of internal conflict in chapter 27. Explain your answer. A. In chapter 27, Crispin feels as if he is in danger. He fears for his safety.

7. What do you predict that Bear will reveal about the information Crispin gave him about Asta and what she has written on the cross? A. I think Bear will reveal a great secret about Crispin's family, especially his father or his birth.

8. What is the setting for chapter 28? A. Setting for chapter 28 is in the roads of England during Medieval time period.

9. What is the theme for chapter 25~28? A. The theme for chapter 25 was "everyone can change," "practice makes perfect" for chapter 26, "becareful all the time" for 27, and "there are tons of secret around you" for chapter 28.