Chapter Ten: The Long Party
"The guests jabbered on and on about the weather, about food, about football, about chess, about twins. Turtle was slumped on the couch, scornful of dumb grown-up parties. You'd think one of them would know something about the stock market. She missed Sandy. Sandy was the only one in the dumb building she could talk to.
Choose and answer three of the following:
2. What words does the author use to describe how Turtle feels? List them below. How does Turtle feel? Have you ever felt like this?
3. Go on the internet and search for the quote "may God thy gold refine." Write down the source below. What might this mean as a clue?
4. Who are "the Bobbsey twins?" Find out, record your answer and explain how you got your answer. Why might Sydelle Pulaski vote for them?
'Remember that quotation: May God Thy Gold Refine?' Flora Baumbach asked. 'Let's take a poll. I'll bet ten cents its from the Bible.'
'Shakespeare,' Turtle argued, 'and make it ten dollars.'
'Oh my! Well, alright, ten dollars.'
Together they made the rounds. Four votes for the Bible, three for Shakespeare and one abstention (Madame Hoo did not understand the question). Sydelle Pulaski voted for the Bobbsey twins."
1. What does "jabbered" mean? Look it up in a dictionary and write the definition below. Now that you know the meaning, what does it mean about the type of conversations they were having?