Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea
This sequel to Anne of Green Gables follows Anne Shirley, a young Canadian orphan.
Anne was sent to live with the Cuthberts, a brother and sister who have a farm on Prince
Edward Island, Canada. In Anne of Avonlea, written in 1909, Anne is 16 years old and is
going to teach school for the first time in the town of Avonlea.
When Anne reached the school that morning . . . for the first time in her life
she had traversed the Birch Path deaf and blind to its beauties . . . all was
quiet and still. The preceding teacher had trained the children to be in their
places at her arrival, and when Anne entered the schoolroom she was
confronted by prim rows of “shining morning faces” and bright, inquisitive
eyes.
She hung up her hat and faced her pupils, hoping that she did not look as
frightened and foolish as she felt and that they would not perceive how she
was trembling. She had sat up until nearly twelve the preceding night
composing a speech she meant to make to her pupils upon opening the
school. She had revised and improved it painstakingly, and then she had
learned it off by heart. It was a very good speech and had some very fine
ideas in it, especially about mutual help and earnest striving after knowledge.
The only trouble was that she could not now remember a word of it.
After what seemed to her a year . . . about ten seconds in reality . . . she
said faintly, “Take your Testaments, please,” and sank breathlessly into her
chair under cover of the rustle and clatter of desk lids that followed. While
the children read their verses Anne marshalled her shaky wits into order and
looked over the array of little pilgrims to the Grownup Land.
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1) Who is Anne Shirley? Where was she sent to live?
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2) According to the introduction of the story, what is Anne’s challenge?

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3) In paragraph 2, what is meant by the figurative language “deaf and blind to its
beauties”?
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4) What is meant by the word “preceding” in paragraph 1?

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5) Give evidence from the text which shows that the students were excited to
learn.
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6) What is meant by the word “perceive” in paragraph 2?

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7) What was Anne’s prepared speech about?

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8) What is meant by the phrase “learned it off by heart”?
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9) Why didn’t Anne give the speech that she had prepared the night before?
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10) “After what seemed to her a year . . . about ten seconds in reality . . .” This is
an example of exaggeration. Explain what is meant by exaggeration.
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11) After reading the entire passage, how was Anne feeling when she stood up in
front of the pupils?
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12) After reading the entire passage, Give three pieces of evidence from the text
which shows that Anne is nervous about giving her first class.
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2. _____________________________________________________________
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3. _____________________________________________________________
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2) According to the introduction of the story, what is Anne’s challenge?

4) What is meant by the word “preceding” in paragraph 1?

6) What is meant by the word “perceive” in paragraph 2?

7) What was Anne’s prepared speech about?

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