1) Know the following characters:
Gene
Finny
Brinker Hadley
Leper Lepellier
Chet Douglass
Cliff Quackenbush
Mr. Ludsbury
Mr. Patch-Withers
Dr. Stanpole
2) Be able to discuss the following themes:
Coming-of-age
Competition/Rivalry
Jealousy
Friendship
Responsibility
Obsession
Regret
3) Be able to discuss the relationship between the novel's setting and its subject matter, plot, and themes.
4) Know the following vocabulary words:
Fervid
Effervescent
Conflagration
Flagrant
Inflammatory
Flamboyant
Incendiary
Incense
Caustic
Cauterize
Pyre
Pyrotechnics
Pyromania
Scintilla
Scintillate
Confluence
Effluent
Flux
Dehydrate
Hydrology
Cormorant
Marinade
Nave
Nauseate
Pontiff
Pontificate
Undulate
Redound
Redundant
Inundate
Insubordinate
Inordinate
Ordain
Ordinance
Apostle
Stolid
Epistolary
Rectify
Rectitude
Constellation
Stellar
Asterisk
Astral
Cosmology
Cosmopolite
5) Know the following Greek/Latin words:
Fluo
Hudor
Mar
Naus
Navis
Pons
Unda
Kosmos
Aster
Stella
Rego
Stellein
Ordo
Fervo
Flagro
Flamma
Incendo
Kaiein
Pur
Scintilla
