1. Why does the narrator refer to a temple?
2. Is the narrator dying?
If you answer one of the questions below (vocabulary), be sure to give the definition based on its context in the story.
3. What does "savoring" mean?
4. What does "furtive" mean?
5. What are "coffers"?
6. What does "mausoleum" mean?
7. What does "ignominiously" mean?
8. What does "razed" mean?
9. What does "sheepishly" mean?
10. What does "gritty" mean?