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Anne of Green Gables
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Anne of Green Gables – Flashcards (Chapter I)
| Front | Back |
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| Who wrote Anne of Green Gables? | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Mrs. Rachel Lynde | A curious, capable Avonlea woman who watches everyone passing by from her kitchen window and is known for noticing anything "odd or out of place." |
| Where does Mrs. Rachel Lynde live? | In a hollow along the Avonlea main road, called Lynde's Hollow, where a brook runs quietly past her house. |
| Thomas Lynde | Mrs. Rachel's meek husband, referred to by Avonlea people as "Rachel Lynde's husband." |
| Matthew Cuthbert | A very shy man who rarely leaves home or talks to strangers; lives at Green Gables with his sister Marilla. |
| Marilla Cuthbert | Matthew's sister; a tall, thin, strict woman with a rigid conscience but a hint of humor in her mouth. |
| Green Gables | The Cuthbert family's farm and home, built far from the main road by Matthew's shy father. |
| Avonlea | The small village/community where the story takes place, located on a peninsula by the Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
| What surprised Mrs. Rachel about Matthew at the start of the story? | She saw him dressed in his best suit with a white collar, driving the buggy and sorrel mare in the middle of a busy afternoon, which was very unusual for him. |
| Why did Mrs. Rachel go to Green Gables? | To find out from Marilla why Matthew had left Avonlea dressed up and driving somewhere unusual. |
| What news did Marilla share with Mrs. Rachel? | That Matthew had gone to Bright River to pick up a boy they were adopting from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia. |
| Bright River | The location Matthew traveled to in order to meet the orphan train and pick up the child. |
| Mrs. Alexander Spencer | A woman who told Marilla about getting children from orphan asylums; she planned to get a girl from Hopeton for herself. |
| Hopeton | The town where Mrs. Alexander Spencer's cousin lives and where the orphan asylum for girls is located. |
| Why did Matthew and Marilla decide to adopt a child? | Because Matthew was getting older (age sixty) and needed help with the farm work. |
| What kind of child did Matthew and Marilla plan to adopt? | They planned to adopt a boy, intending him to help Matthew with farm work. |
| How is the Cuthbert farmyard described? | Extremely neat and clean, with no stray sticks or stones, set about with willows and Lombardy trees. |
| What does Mrs. Rachel think about how the Cuthberts live? | She feels living so far back from the main road isn't really "living," just "staying," and thinks it has made Matthew and Marilla a little odd. |
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