ELA/World History 7/8 Ms. Grey
Bound Questions:
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
Vocabulary (II)-complete the vocabulary terms not done in class
thrice
shivered
barter
diversion
raucously
clamored
warbled
utmost
emerged
scalloped
frenzy
advantage
scandalous
cherished
aspiring
mourning
gait
peasant
dung
wander
explicitly
crass
crestfallen
guise
splattering
crude
painstakingly
lull
longevity
efficacy
persistent
deceit
wretched
alas
immodest
abundance
urgency
meager
demurely
droned.
bodice
solemnly
delicate
descendants
sackcloth
fluttered
aura
caressed
shard
relent
waning
pheasant
waif
brigand
gratitude
faint
bramble
fractal
sidled
sopping
plumed
nocturnal
amazingly
benevolent
acupuncture
strategy
elixir
ailment
ail
amulet
diagnosis
virtue
dynasty
charlatan
clutched
surging
ominous
sloughing
dowry
eunuch
demented
passive
optimistic
manipulating
brusquely
arid
dissociated
prostrated
exasperation
relentless
retinue
loathsome
chamber pot
deliberate
scribe
feigning
curlicue
exude
cassock
bedecked
corpulent
dunce
cloisonné
reveled
lure
(other Voc in previous spelling words)
Reading/Analysis Questions for the book, Bound
If there is not enough space, complete the answers on looseleaf.
Literature/Reading Comprehension-Bound questions Monday Night Homework
1.Describe the character of Stepmother in the beginning of the book and at the end?
2.Describe Wei Ping’s relationship with Xing Xing at the beginning of book and the middle (before
she goes to the Festival)
3.Describe how Xing Xing changed throughout the book.
4.With which of these characters do you identify? Why?
5.How did the men in the book treat Xing Xing? Provide two examples to prove your opinion.
6.What was different about the cave festival that Stepmother and Wei Ping attended from
previous years.
7.Chinese food is often described as the best fast food in the world, using the book provide two
examples of Chinese cooking.
8.What is valued by the father of Xing Xing
9.Explain the following phrases Phrases: A man of letters, Punted boat
Social Studies Oriented Questions
1.Define Filial piety and describe how Xing Xing fulfilled that role. Be sure to cite one scene from
the book to support your thesis.
2.When did the Mongols rule China?
3.What is an emperor?
4.Describe the geography of most of China.
5.Who was Kong Fu Zi?
6.Write 5 principles of Kong Fu Zi
7.Was there a real Huang Wu?
8.What Rivers are mentioned in Bound?
9.Find Dongting on map.
10.What civilization is accredited with having the first novel?
11.Which religion (s) believes in reincarnation?
12.Which religions/philosophies are referred to or inferred in the novel?
13.When were women most powerful?
14.Use the following website to describe the life of women in urban China today.
15.What are some moral or religious principals of found in Bound that you would make a part of your life? Why? Describe two.
16.How do these two principals resemble Christianity?
Art
Draw the image of the Wei Ping and Stepmother. You may also take a picture of people acting this scene.
Science
What did you learn about the fat medicine man floating in water?
Flora and fauna are very evident in the book, Bound. Provide three examples of each found in the book. Please write the passages. There should be six (6) passages in all.