the curse - homework

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Plot Summary of the Curse

Chapter 1

Azreen hurriedly leaves her ______________in _________________to return home after receiving news that her sister had died.  Her coursemate, Julian Ng, tries to offer his sympathy and condolence but she was not in the mood to talk about the matter.

Chapter 2

On the plane home, Azreen experiences flashbacks of her early days with Madhuri and how Madhuri was well-liked by people.  Madhuri was ________________ and soft-spoken compared to Azreen, who was an ________________child.

Chapter 3

Back home, on an island south of Langkawi Island, Pn. Kamsiah was talking with her daughter __________ about their neighbour, _____________, who is spreading rumours that Madhuri was ______________ and she spilt ____________blood. Datin Sharifah and her husband were ready to fetch their adopted daughter from the ___________. They were trying their best not to talk about Madhuri’s death.

Chapter 4

Mourners gather at Azreen’s house to pay their last respects to Madhuri before ____________. The women folk gossip among themselves that Madhuri was murdered and she had put a ___________ on everyone on the island.  Azreen arrives late to pay her last respects to her late sister.  Azreen brings her sickly _____________ to the burial ground to bid farewell to Madhuri. She meets ________________ and flashbacks of her schooling years fills the scene.

Chapter 5

Azreen meets Mohd Asyraf.  She enquires about Madhuri’s death but is only given vague details of the incident.  Normala, the rumour monger, spreads rumours about what had happened to Madhuri.  ____________, the bomoh, makes an appearance as he dreams that a disaster is about to hit the ______________soon.  Awang recalls the incident when he stole a chicken at Encik Mohan’s farm causing a _____________to escape.  Mohd Asyraf was blamed for the fiasco but ______________bravely took the blame on his behalf.  Back to the present, Azreen  looks for the Old Lady in the jungle to catch up on old times.  The Old Lady _______________that Madhuri was murdered. 

Chapter 6

The Old Lady relates to Azreen that she saw Madhuri’s lifeless body and the wound on her.  She suggests that Madhuri’s murder was covered up as investigation into her death would reveal more _____________.  Puan Fatihah, the village headman’s _____________ recalls how her life changed forever when her husband, _______________, became attracted to Madhuri. 

Azreen recaps how Madhuri tried to defend her from her father’s wrath for stealing mangosteen and the good times she spent with Madhuri. In a flashback, Azreen ____________her folly for letting the bull go in order to save Mohd Asyraf from Encik Mohan and his son’s wrath.  The escaped bull knocked into the motorcycle that her parents were on and caused her mother to be ____________. The Old Lady reveals her past life with her abusive _________________who drove her to kill him in self-defence.  She made herself a home in a deserted house in the jungle. 

Chapter 7

Mohd Asyraf is concerned about his grandmother’s deteriorating health.  At the same time, Hj. Ghani, mourns at Madhuri’s _______________.  While deep in thoughts, he almost saw someone, a woman in a flowing white dress, strolling past the trees. At home, Azreen’s father reprimanded her for not latching up the chicken coop. A chicken carcass, with its neck broken, lies on the bottom step of the coop.   

The next morning, Azreen reads Julian’s letter about the examination week in college.  Then, she reads Madhuri’s letter of her marriage and relationship with Kak Fatihah (Haji Ghani’s first wife).  The letter also hints that Madhuri has a _____________ to be revealed to Azreen when she returns home for her holidays.

  

Chapter 8 

Azreen’s mother dies.  Meanwhile, Mohd. Asyraf continues to worry over his sickly grandmother. Mohd Asyraf goes to the market to look for _______________ plants for his grandmother but fails to find any.  In desperation, he goes to the Old Lady’s house for help. The Old Lady hesitates at first but after much persuasion from Azreen and Mohd. Asyraf, she finally agrees to go over to Mohd Asyraf’s house to help his grandmother.

Chapter 9

___________ keeps an eye on  Mohd. Asyraf’s grandmother (Nek) while he goes out to get her medicine. Pn. Kamsiah and Normala  are curious at the Old Lady’s presence at  Mohd. Asyraf’s house. The Old Lady tries to cure Nek.     

Azreen is puzzled to discover a university prospectus that reveals Mohd. Asyraf’s intention to pursue his studies in Kuala Lumpur.  When Azreen returns home, she sees the bomoh scampering behind the bushes.  As she confronts the bomoh, he informs her about the mob incident at Mohd. Asyraf’s house. 

She immediately runs to Asyraf’s house.  Normala blames Azreen for bringing the Old Lady to Mohd. Asyraf’s house and causing heavy downpour to hit the village.  An argument starts and Azreen’s father intervenes to stop the commotion.  Meanwhile, Nek is beginning to recover and Mohd. Asyraf is extremely relieved.  They thank the ______________ for bravely coming over to cure Nek and the rain finally stops.

Chapter 10

Azreen awakes to a flurry of knocks on her door. She finds out that Nek has passed away and Mohd Asyraf is heading towards the Old Lady's house with a few men for revenge.   Azreen tries to stop him and in a struggle, stabs him at the foot with a _______________.  The torch that he was holding fell onto the wall of the house and soon the house was on _____________.  Azreen finds the Old Lady, barely alive lying beside the stove and she advises Azreen to learn to ____________before it is too late.  Azreen’s father saves her before the whole house crumbles. 

Mohd  Asyraf  _____________ to Azreen that he loves Madhuri and they were planning to _______________ from the island when he was offered a teaching course in Kuala Lumpur. Madhuri wanted to confess to her husband, parents and Azreen about her ______________ with Mohd. Asyraf.  

However, Madhuri was found dead at a rubber plantation.  Azreen then meets Awang, the bomoh, who tells her that Madhuri was not her real ____________.  Awang also confesses that he was the one who left the gate open that led to the motorcycle accident that paralysed her mother.  Awang also confirms that he had seen Madhuri and ______________together several times in the rubber estate.  The chapter ends with Haji Ghani, the headman thinking about his young wife meeting her lover on that fateful day when she was killed.

 

Chapter 11

Azreen  delves on the bomoh’s words that Madhuri was not her real sister. She encounters a shadow of a woman from behind the wooden fence again that directs her to a woodpile a few feet away behind her house. Azreen and her father walk towards the woodpile and see a “parang” that Saleh used to chop ______________. There is white and sticky __________ at the edge of the parang.  Azreen immediately recalls Normala’s words “She had white blood” and she stares at her father in disbelief.   

Salleh recalls how fond was he with Madhuri and how he found her as a baby at the paddy field. He stumbles upon Madhuri and Mohd Asyraf together at the rubber plantation. In his fury, he kills Madhuri and her body knocks over the latex-filled container. Upon hearing this revelation, Azreen runs away from her father.
 

Salleh suffers a _____________attack and dies.  Meanwhile in the village, a rumour spreads like a wildfire that a woman who looks suspiciously like his dead daughter had been wandering about at the time of his death.

Chapter 12

Azreen visits her ______________ graves. She leaves a flower on each grave and leaves quietly.  She leaves a flower at the hillside where the Old Lady was buried, too.  As Azreen leaves, she sees a smiling figure which resembles Madhuri’s smiles.