Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons--Part 2

Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons~~~Ann Rinaldi
I read from page 82 to page 98 or from the middle of chapter 10 through chapter 12

Chapter 10:  This chapter starts off with Nathaniel getting a tutor and Phillis being able to sit in and listen if she got her work done first.  Then they go to the wharf.  Prince, another slave shows Phillis some of the sites around town.

Chapter 11:  In this chapter it starts with Phillis telling Nathaniel that she wants to be free.  Nathaniel gets very angry at this statement and goes on to giving her a speech about what it means to be free.  Later on, they were celebrating Mrs. Wheatley and Mary's birthdays.  Phillis brought in the cake for them.  Then she gave them her present with Nathaniel.  She had learned to read!!  She read an article from the Lively Lady's manifest.  Everyone is shocked.  Nathaniel also says something in Latin, and then Phillis says it in English.  Nathaniel and Phillis both get a lot of compliments.

Chapter 12:  Nathaniel is not impressed with Phillis' Latin.  Phillis wants to go see the slave ship that is arriving later that day to see if anyone from back home was on it.  Nathaniel had said that if she saw anyone, he would buy him or her for Phillis.  They make their way to the wharf.  Nathaniel receives a note, reads it, says thank-you, and then turns the carriage around.  Phillis is a little bit upset because he won't stay for her to see the ship.  He says that there was a case a small pox breaking out.
Phillis nor anyone else was not let out of the house for fear they would catch it.  Nathaniel has made arrangements for the whole family to be inoculated from it.  Suddenly there is a screaming from the kitchen.  Aunt Cumsee has fallen on the floor.  Later they find out that she has the small pox.  Phillis feels bad because she feels that she must repent.



Questions:  What does inoculated mean?  Inoculated means to get a vacine.  I got my answer on the dictionary on my desktop.  Another question I had was how hard it is for Phillis to learn to read and write

Prediction:  I predict that someone in the Wheatley household will die from the smallpox.  I also predict that one of these days, Phillis will find somebody that she knows on a slave ship.

Connection:  I am going to use my knowledge for this connection.  I know that people did get small pox back then, and it was very contagious.  Some people died from it, and others lived to tell about it.  If you lived, you probably would have had marks on your face from where you had it.

Key Question:  'Well, if that's the kind of folderol that rascal is filling your head with, then I say you are no longer to speak to Prince'  Folderol means nonsensical or not making sense   I got my answer on the dictionary on my desktop.
Crystal goblets, silverware, blazing candles in candelabra.  Candelabra is one of those candle sticks that has little "branches" all over it.  I got my answer from Mrs. Koster.