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Why was Nicholas initially in disgrace?
Why was Nicholas initially in disgrace?
- He refused to eat his bread and milk. (correct)
- He broke a valuable vase.
- He went into the gooseberry garden.
- He spoke nonsense to his elders.
What did Nicholas do with the frog?
What did Nicholas do with the frog?
- He showed it to his aunt.
- He put it in his bread and milk himself. (correct)
- He gave it to his friend.
- He let it go in the garden.
Why did the aunt invent the trip to Jagborough?
Why did the aunt invent the trip to Jagborough?
- To visit friends.
- To punish Nicholas. (correct)
- To take the children to the beach.
- To reward the children.
What would happen to a child who fell from grace?
What would happen to a child who fell from grace?
What was Nicholas forbidden from doing after the children left for Jagborough?
What was Nicholas forbidden from doing after the children left for Jagborough?
What word describes Nicholas' expression when the aunt forbade him from the garden?
What word describes Nicholas' expression when the aunt forbade him from the garden?
What did the aunt do to watch the doors to the forbidden area?
What did the aunt do to watch the doors to the forbidden area?
What is the meaning of 'stealth' as used in the story?
What is the meaning of 'stealth' as used in the story?
What did Nicholas want his aunt to believe?
What did Nicholas want his aunt to believe?
Where did Nicholas find the key to the lumber-room?
Where did Nicholas find the key to the lumber-room?
What was the tapestry in the lumber-room depicting?
What was the tapestry in the lumber-room depicting?
What was Nicholas admiring when his aunt called him from the gooseberry garden?
What was Nicholas admiring when his aunt called him from the gooseberry garden?
Where did the aunt slip into?
Where did the aunt slip into?
What did the aunt promise Nicholas in order to trick him?
What did the aunt promise Nicholas in order to trick him?
How did Nicholas know it was not really his aunt calling from the tank?
How did Nicholas know it was not really his aunt calling from the tank?
Who finally rescued the aunt from the rain-water tank?
Who finally rescued the aunt from the rain-water tank?
What kind of silence was there at tea that evening?
What kind of silence was there at tea that evening?
Why were there no sands to play on at Jagborough Cove?
Why were there no sands to play on at Jagborough Cove?
What word describes the aunt's detention in the rain-water tank?
What word describes the aunt's detention in the rain-water tank?
What was Nicholas doing at the end of the story?
What was Nicholas doing at the end of the story?
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In disgrace
In disgrace
State of being out of favor or disgrace.
Debarred
Debarred
To forbid or exclude someone from something.
Loftily
Loftily
In a superior or haughty manner.
Obstinacy
Obstinacy
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Trivial
Trivial
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Stealth
Stealth
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Self-imposed sentry-duty
Self-imposed sentry-duty
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Intrusion
Intrusion
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Tapestry
Tapestry
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Quaint
Quaint
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Restored
Restored
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Sauntered
Sauntered
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Resolving
Resolving
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Undignified
Undignified
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Hastily
Hastily
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Study Notes
- The children were driven to Jagborough, a special treat
- Nicholas was not allowed to go, as he was in disgrace for putting a frog in his milk
- The aunt hastily invented the Jagborough trip
The Gooseberry Garden
- The aunt forbade Nicholas from going into the gooseberry garden
- Nicholas was determined to enter, precisely because he was told not to
- The aunt spent the afternoon gardening to watch the entrances to the forbidden area
- Nicholas pretended to head for the garden but instead wanted his aunt to think that he had visited the gooseberry garden. He wanted her to perform self-imposed sentry duty.
The Lumber Room
- Nicholas slipped back into the house to find a key
- He found a key to the lumber room
- Inside the lumber room were interesting objects such as a tapestry, quaint candlesticks that twisted in the shape of snakes, and a teapot fashioned like a china duck
The Rainwater Tank
- Nicholas was admiring a book of birds when he heard his aunt calling from the gooseberry garden
- The aunt was calling for help, claiming she had slipped into the rainwater tank
- Nicholas restored the book and the key, and sauntered into the garden
- His aunt asked him to fetch the ladder
- Nicholas refused because she had told him that he was not allowed to go to the gooseberry garden
- Nicholas realized it was not his aunt in the tank because the voice had offered him strawberry jam, something his aunt had denied previously
- It was eventually revealed to be a kitchen maid
- The aunt was rescued from the rainwater tank
The Aftermath
- The tide was high when the children arrived at Jagborough
- The aunt was in a muteness because she had suffered detention in the rain-water tank for thirty-five minutes.
- The tea that evening was partaken of in fearful silence
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