SECRET GARDEN: Chap 17 "A Tantrum"

The title of Chapter 17 is "A Tantrum."

1. 1. Who is having the tantrum?

2. 2. Another way to say, "having a tantrum" is "throwing a ___."

"Just then, Mary heard feet almost running down the corridor and her door opened and the nurse came in."

Another word for CORRIDOR is "___ or ______."

What did Mary think was funny as well as dreadful all at the same time?

She thought it was funny "that all the grown-ups were so fr_____ed [v] that they came to a ______ [adj] ____ [n] just because they guessed she was almost as bad as Colin himself."

Mary thought Colin was a hysterical boy whom no one had ever dared to [unscramble] r______n [rartsien] [means "keep under control"] or c_n___d__t [crntcdoita] [means "opposite of contrary opinion"]

Colin had actually stopped screaming because Mary had startled him so. The tears were streaming down his face, and he shook all over.

What does STARTLED mean?

"You didn't feel a lump!" contradicted Mary fiercely. "If you did, it was only a hysterical lump. There's nothing the ______ [n] with your horrid [POS ___] back--nothing but h_____ics!

Now that an angry, unsympathetic [POS ___] little girl insisted obstinately [POS ___] that he, Colin, was not as ___ [adj] as he thought he was, he actually felt as if she might be speaking the _____ [n].

Mary looked at his poor little tired face and swollen eyes, and her heart relented.

What does RELENTED mean?

Who said, "Do you think---I could---live to grow up?"

"Oh, Mary!" he said. "Oh, Mary! If I could get into it, I think I should live to grow up!"

1. 1. What POS is "it"? [spell out the word]
   2. What is "it" referring to? [article/adjective/noun]