The Wind in the Willows Ch.1-2

impromptu

unplanned

emancipated

liberated; freed

squandered

wasted

vouchsafed

granted

voluble

talkative

copses

small grouping of trees

weir

a damn in a river

punt

to propel one’s boat by using a pole against the river bottom

downs

rolling, grassy land

common

land owned/used by all the people of a community

What season is it when the book opens?

spring

Which character takes on the role of a mentor?

Ratty

Which of the following is NOT one of the four words discussed in Ch.1?

Village

Who says, “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing…”

Ratty said this

What literary device is used in “he proceeded to play upon…”

simile

What caused Toad’s great epiphany?

the motor-car