PART VIII. 242-268 (ch 229-233)
1. What’s Christopher’s favourite dream he has that night?
2. What is “compassionate leave”?
3. Why does Christopher want to return to Swindon the very next day?
4. What happens to Christopher’s mother at work?
5. How do mother and Mr.Shears get along since Christopher’s been here?
6. What does Christopher’s mother decide to do?
7. Can Christopher take his A-level Math now? Why?
8. How does Christopher feel about that?
9. Who helps him take the exam after all?
10. What happens meanwhile?
11. What doesn’t Christopher understand about his father?
12. How do the lives of Christopher and his mother change since they’re back to Swindon?
13. And Toby?
14. What does father do to stop the silence between him and his son?
15. What about the exam results? Christopher gets an A-grade!
16. Does he have any more plans about his schooling?
17. Which three goals has Christopher reached in his life?
Sunday 11 February 2007
PART 8 - timeline
229
- Christopher’s favourite dream → a virus is spread, only ‘special’ people like him survive
233
- Christopher has breakfast, Mr Shears thinks he can stay just for a while, Mother disagrees
- they try and go shopping → very crowded, Christopher has an attack
- Christopher goes onto the balcony to see some stars; he can’t fall asleep
- Christopher goes into Chapter Road → hides there → Mother angry when she finds him
- Mother loses her job
- Christopher wants to go to Swindon to take his A level → Mother doesn’t want to take him
- Mother takes him to watch the planes taking off and landing and tells him she has postponed his exam until the next year → Christopher screams
- Mr Shears comes to Christopher’s room after he’s been drinking and yells at him
- when he leaves the flat, Mother packs her things and they leave
- they get to Swindon → Father moves out
- Christopher still wants to do his A level
- Mother takes him to school and Siobhan arranges for him to take A level
- Father comes to the house to ask Christopher how it went at the exam
- Mother gets a job, they move out of the house to a small room (no toilet!)
- Christopher helps Mother paint their room but doesn’t let her wash his hair
- because Mother works late, Christopher has to wait for her in Father’s house – he doesn’t like that
- Father tries to talk to him, but Christopher ignores him
- Toby dies (2 years and 7 months old)
- Father gives Christopher a puppy – a Golden Retriever as a present
- Christopher gets an A grade for his exam
- Mother gets flu and Christopher has to stay with Father for 3 days but he is not afraid so much any more because he has Sandy now
- Christopher plans to take A level further maths next year and A level physics and then go to university and become a scientist
- Christopher’s favourite dream → a virus is spread, only ‘special’ people like him survive
233
- Christopher has breakfast, Mr Shears thinks he can stay just for a while, Mother disagrees
- they try and go shopping → very crowded, Christopher has an attack
- Christopher goes onto the balcony to see some stars; he can’t fall asleep
- Christopher goes into Chapter Road → hides there → Mother angry when she finds him
- Mother loses her job
- Christopher wants to go to Swindon to take his A level → Mother doesn’t want to take him
- Mother takes him to watch the planes taking off and landing and tells him she has postponed his exam until the next year → Christopher screams
- Mr Shears comes to Christopher’s room after he’s been drinking and yells at him
- when he leaves the flat, Mother packs her things and they leave
- they get to Swindon → Father moves out
- Christopher still wants to do his A level
- Mother takes him to school and Siobhan arranges for him to take A level
- Father comes to the house to ask Christopher how it went at the exam
- Mother gets a job, they move out of the house to a small room (no toilet!)
- Christopher helps Mother paint their room but doesn’t let her wash his hair
- because Mother works late, Christopher has to wait for her in Father’s house – he doesn’t like that
- Father tries to talk to him, but Christopher ignores him
- Toby dies (2 years and 7 months old)
- Father gives Christopher a puppy – a Golden Retriever as a present
- Christopher gets an A grade for his exam
- Mother gets flu and Christopher has to stay with Father for 3 days but he is not afraid so much any more because he has Sandy now
- Christopher plans to take A level further maths next year and A level physics and then go to university and become a scientist
PART 7 - questions
PART VII. 221-241 (ch 227)
How long does he spend waiting for the tube?
What happens meanwhile?
How does mother react when she sees him?
What does Christopher say about not answering mother’s letters?
Who’s the visitor a few moments after Christopher has taken a bath?
And at night?
PART 7 - timeline
227
- Christopher has spent 5 hours sitting on the bench
- he realises Toby is missing → looks for it → sees it → tries to get it (it’s dangerous) → somebody tries to grab him → Christopher screams → a train is approaching → the man saves Christopher’s life
- a lady talks to him
- Christopher finally gets on the train
- arrives to Willesden Junction
- buys a map
- gets to his mother’s flat, but nobody is there → he waits
- hears voices of people walking along the street
- his mother and Mr Shears finally arrive
- Christopher has a bath
- Mother, Father and Mr Shears are having a fight – Christopher hears it
- Father asks Christopher to come home with him but he refuses
End of part 7
- Christopher has spent 5 hours sitting on the bench
- he realises Toby is missing → looks for it → sees it → tries to get it (it’s dangerous) → somebody tries to grab him → Christopher screams → a train is approaching → the man saves Christopher’s life
- a lady talks to him
- Christopher finally gets on the train
- arrives to Willesden Junction
- buys a map
- gets to his mother’s flat, but nobody is there → he waits
- hears voices of people walking along the street
- his mother and Mr Shears finally arrive
- Christopher has a bath
- Mother, Father and Mr Shears are having a fight – Christopher hears it
- Father asks Christopher to come home with him but he refuses
End of part 7
PART 6- questions
PART VI. 179-220 (ch 191-223)
1. Describe the situation at the local train station.
2. The conversation with a police officer.
3. How does Christopher feel about timetables, schedules?
4. What does Christopher expect the police officer to do when he tells him that his father is waiting for him at the police station?
5. What happens on the way to London?
6. What’s in the bag that disappears with the police officer?
7. How does he feel at the underground station compared to the train station?
8. How does he react to crowds?
PART 6 - timeline
191
- Christopher is at Swindon train station → tries hard by solving maths problems to calm down
- a policeman talks to him, accompanies him to the cashpoint, Christopher gets 50 pounds
- buys himself a ticket (it’s half yellow)
- Christopher gets on the train to London
193
- “ I like timetables.” (→ they make sure you don’t get lost in time)
- the relationship between time and space
197
- Christopher is finally on the train
- the same policeman finds him again, wants to take him to the police station, but the train moves and they are forced to stay on it until the next station
- Christopher solves some more mathematical problems and the policeman is reading the Sun newspaper
- Christopher has to go to the toilet, the policeman lets him, Christopher sees the shelves with cases and hides there
199
- why there is life on earth
211
- Christopher arrives to London
- somehow finds the Information desk
- Christopher takes the tube (buys a ticket from a machine)
- finds the right platform → physically suffers because of the noise the trains make and the crowd of people → closes his eyes and listens to the trains coming and going
223
- a description of an advert that was on the wall of the little train station
- about holidays
End of part 6
- Christopher is at Swindon train station → tries hard by solving maths problems to calm down
- a policeman talks to him, accompanies him to the cashpoint, Christopher gets 50 pounds
- buys himself a ticket (it’s half yellow)
- Christopher gets on the train to London
193
- “ I like timetables.” (→ they make sure you don’t get lost in time)
- the relationship between time and space
197
- Christopher is finally on the train
- the same policeman finds him again, wants to take him to the police station, but the train moves and they are forced to stay on it until the next station
- Christopher solves some more mathematical problems and the policeman is reading the Sun newspaper
- Christopher has to go to the toilet, the policeman lets him, Christopher sees the shelves with cases and hides there
199
- why there is life on earth
211
- Christopher arrives to London
- somehow finds the Information desk
- Christopher takes the tube (buys a ticket from a machine)
- finds the right platform → physically suffers because of the noise the trains make and the crowd of people → closes his eyes and listens to the trains coming and going
223
- a description of an advert that was on the wall of the little train station
- about holidays
End of part 6
Part 5 - questions
PART V. 145-178 (ch 163-181)
1. Why does Christopher like computers?
2. How does Christopher calm himself while father is busy cleaning up the mess from vomiting?
3. What shocking confession does Father make in order to convince Christopher that he’s going to speak the truth from now on?
4. What’s the reason for father’s action?
5. How does Christopher react after father’s offer to touch fingers after the confession?
6. What does Christopher do at night?
7. Who does he want to live with at first and why?
8. Why does he look in on Mrs Alexander?
9. Who does he want to ask the way to the train station?
1. Why does Christopher like computers?
2. How does Christopher calm himself while father is busy cleaning up the mess from vomiting?
3. What shocking confession does Father make in order to convince Christopher that he’s going to speak the truth from now on?
4. What’s the reason for father’s action?
5. How does Christopher react after father’s offer to touch fingers after the confession?
6. What does Christopher do at night?
7. Who does he want to live with at first and why?
8. Why does he look in on Mrs Alexander?
9. Who does he want to ask the way to the train station?
PART 5 - timeline
163
- a tube of Smarties → a pencil experiment (Julie, at school)
- a TV series How the MInd Works
167
- Father cleans Christopher and they sit on the bed, quiet, for a long time
- Father then admits that he’s killed Wellington
- Christopher becomes really afraid of his father
- Christopher goes out and squeezes into a gap between a garden shed and a wall to think what to do next
173
- about the constellation ORION and other stars
179
- Christopher falls asleep
- Father comes out and calls Christopher a lot
- when he doesn’t find him, he starts an engine of his van and goes away
- Christopher decides to leave home and go to live with Mrs Shears → she’s not home
- after some thinking, Christopher decides to find his mother in London
- goes to Mrs Alexander to ask her to look after Toby, his rat → she asks too many questions, so he leaves
- packs a few things from home and leaves for London
- goes to school first to ask Siobhan how to get to the train station→ sees his father’s van → vomits again→ decides to ask sb the way ( a lady with 2 children) → finds the station
181
- “I notice everything.”
- This is very tiring for him (in a situation where ordinary people would notice approx. 5 things, he notices approx. 40.
End of part 5
- a tube of Smarties → a pencil experiment (Julie, at school)
- a TV series How the MInd Works
167
- Father cleans Christopher and they sit on the bed, quiet, for a long time
- Father then admits that he’s killed Wellington
- Christopher becomes really afraid of his father
- Christopher goes out and squeezes into a gap between a garden shed and a wall to think what to do next
173
- about the constellation ORION and other stars
179
- Christopher falls asleep
- Father comes out and calls Christopher a lot
- when he doesn’t find him, he starts an engine of his van and goes away
- Christopher decides to leave home and go to live with Mrs Shears → she’s not home
- after some thinking, Christopher decides to find his mother in London
- goes to Mrs Alexander to ask her to look after Toby, his rat → she asks too many questions, so he leaves
- packs a few things from home and leaves for London
- goes to school first to ask Siobhan how to get to the train station→ sees his father’s van → vomits again→ decides to ask sb the way ( a lady with 2 children) → finds the station
181
- “I notice everything.”
- This is very tiring for him (in a situation where ordinary people would notice approx. 5 things, he notices approx. 40.
End of part 5
Sunday 4 February 2007
3egc/4egcs - PART 4 - questions
PART IV. 105-144 (ch 131-157)
1. Why does Christopher hate yellow?
2. And brown?
3. Why do they go to the zoo the next day?
4. Why does Christopher believe that his father loves him?
5. Where does Christopher find his book?
6. What else does he find?
7. What is curious about the way Christopher’s name is written on the envelopes?
8. Who is the letter from and what is it about?
9. What’s Christopher’s second mystery he has to solve?
10. How does Christopher feel about mysteries generally?
11. Does he try to solve the letter mystery at once?
12. What happens at his school meanwhile?
13. How many letters does Christopher find addressed to him?
14. What are they about?
15. Describe the incident in the shop for Christmas.
16. Who’s more patient: Christopher’s mother or father?
17. How does mother react when Christopher refuses to eat for days?
18. And Christopher?
19. Find a few spelling mistakes in the letters from p.131 to 136.
20. Why doesn’t she say good-bye to Christopher before leaving?
21. Why does she move to London?
22. How often does she write him letters?
23. Has she ever sent him anything else?
24. Christopher’s experience with the dentist?
25. What does Christopher feel after reading all the letters and how does he react?
26. What does father say to Christopher when he finds out that he’s found and read the letters? 27. What’s unusual about Christopher’s behaviour when father changes his wet clothes and puts him in a bath, touching him?
1. Why does Christopher hate yellow?
2. And brown?
3. Why do they go to the zoo the next day?
4. Why does Christopher believe that his father loves him?
5. Where does Christopher find his book?
6. What else does he find?
7. What is curious about the way Christopher’s name is written on the envelopes?
8. Who is the letter from and what is it about?
9. What’s Christopher’s second mystery he has to solve?
10. How does Christopher feel about mysteries generally?
11. Does he try to solve the letter mystery at once?
12. What happens at his school meanwhile?
13. How many letters does Christopher find addressed to him?
14. What are they about?
15. Describe the incident in the shop for Christmas.
16. Who’s more patient: Christopher’s mother or father?
17. How does mother react when Christopher refuses to eat for days?
18. And Christopher?
19. Find a few spelling mistakes in the letters from p.131 to 136.
20. Why doesn’t she say good-bye to Christopher before leaving?
21. Why does she move to London?
22. How often does she write him letters?
23. Has she ever sent him anything else?
24. Christopher’s experience with the dentist?
25. What does Christopher feel after reading all the letters and how does he react?
26. What does father say to Christopher when he finds out that he’s found and read the letters? 27. What’s unusual about Christopher’s behaviour when father changes his wet clothes and puts him in a bath, touching him?
3egc/4egcs - PART 4 - timeline
131
- “The reasons why I hate yellow and brown.”
137
- an expdition to the ZOO
- Father apologizes to Christopher for yelling at him.
139
- about Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- the case of fairies
149
- Siobhan at school asks Christopher questions about the fight
- after school when he gets home, he wants to take the book out of the dustbin but it isn’t there
- he searches the house for it
- finds letters from his mother & reads one
151
- about mysteries in general
- the number of frogs in the pond → a formula for a population of animals
157
- the Joseph Fleming and a toilet incident
- it rained very hard
- Father has an emergency call (a flooded cellar), Christopher has chance to see the other letters (43)
- reads 4 of them
- feels sick → a gap in his head → wakes up when it’s dark outside → sees that he has thrown up
- Father returns home, talks to Christopher, cleans him. Christopher is in shock → he doesn’t even react when his father touches him
End of part 4
- “The reasons why I hate yellow and brown.”
137
- an expdition to the ZOO
- Father apologizes to Christopher for yelling at him.
139
- about Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- the case of fairies
149
- Siobhan at school asks Christopher questions about the fight
- after school when he gets home, he wants to take the book out of the dustbin but it isn’t there
- he searches the house for it
- finds letters from his mother & reads one
151
- about mysteries in general
- the number of frogs in the pond → a formula for a population of animals
157
- the Joseph Fleming and a toilet incident
- it rained very hard
- Father has an emergency call (a flooded cellar), Christopher has chance to see the other letters (43)
- reads 4 of them
- feels sick → a gap in his head → wakes up when it’s dark outside → sees that he has thrown up
- Father returns home, talks to Christopher, cleans him. Christopher is in shock → he doesn’t even react when his father touches him
End of part 4
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