Ch. 13-14 Questions Flashcards
When Kit meets John Holbrook on the road what information does he reveal to her?
He likes mercy and he wants to go to Kit’s house and date Mercy??
What question does William ask kit as they walk to the bee what is her answer
He asked to marry her
she said she had not thought about getting married so soon
he says that he won’t hurry her
What happens when John says he’d rather visit mercy and speak to Matthew Wood instead of going to the husking bee
Judith thinks he will ask to court her they become a couple
go to the husking bee together
Often kit has not like her uncle or his behavior. What does kit learn about his personality by watching him in the garden?
He is passionate not a mean person defiant loves the soil he lives on loves Connecticut
What are kits feelings when she sees the dolphin arrive at the dock? Why does she feel this way
Excited, eager, and reluctant
she wants to sail again
she’s homesick
What special items does Nat Eaton deliver to Wethersfield that upset him? Why does it upset kit and him?
16 diamond paned windows for William Ashby and his bride to be
Nat is mad that she didn’t tell him and upset that he ever worried about her he is jealous
kit is upset because it means that William is expecting to marry her soon and because Nat is
What does Nat mean when he says, “to think I ever worried about that little bird. I might have known it would gobble up a nice fat partridge in no time.” Who is the bird and who is the Partridge in this metaphor
Kit is the predatory bird
William is the partridge
What reason might cause Nat to mock kit by saying this
He likes her and is jealous of William. Mad that Kit fid not tell him about he fact William wanted to marry her
Why is kit grateful to be interrupted by political news about governor Andros
Want to take her mind off Nat and everything mean that he said to her
What is the news about governor Andros
Coming to be governor of Connecticut on his way to Hartford
afraid he will take the charter and the right the colonists have to cover themselves
What does Kit think of William at this point? What decision has Kit made?
No romantic interest
decided she will marry him because she can do what she wants/do what she pleases/be left alone
