Balzac Questions pg. 21 to 41

Vocabulary:
prudent (adj.) - (syn) careful (ant) careless
pitiless (adj.) -(syn) ruthless (ant) merciful
capricious (adj.) - (syn) freakish (ant) predictable
precarious (adj.) - (syn) unstable (ant)easy
anthracite (n.)- (syn) coal (ant)
livid (adj.)- (syn) ashy (ant) colorful
poultice (n.) - (syn) cataplasm (ant) wrappings

10. The Chinese Seamstress has a long pigtail that goes over her shoulder, and her eyes are very attractive and beautiful. Her feet are in good shape. Her ankles are wrapped with white socks.
11. The Chinese Seamstress hasn't been educated, she can't read or write, and Luo wants someone that is inteligent and smart like him and his family's background. He needs someone that has a standard level of education.
12. They weren't really learning anything. So I guess it was difficult. People just had to live everyday and forget their pasts.
13. The "passionate abandon". He was crying for his pasts, how he had a good time with the little seamstress.
14. The letter, the different treatment, and inviting over to her place with girls. The letter made a path for him, the treatments were like medicine, and inviting was to make him feel better, she tried lots to help him out.
15. People can do anything to get their wish if you have a sincere heart. This girl couldn't accomplish what she wanted because she didn't have that sincere heart.