Sunday, 21 January 2007

3egc/4egcs - PART 1 - questions

Answer the following questions (p 1-34)
0. Who is writing the story and why?
1. Describe the situation a few minutes after midnight in front of Mrs Shear’s house.
2. What do we learn about the dog?
3. Who do you think is Siobhan?
4. Describe Christopher. (What’s he like? What do you think about him?)
5. What’s interesting about the chapter numbers?
6. How does Christopher see people?
7. Why does he decide to write about a dog’s murder, not a human one?

8. How does Christopher feel about the police?
9. How does he react when held tight by a police officer?
10. What happens at the police station?

11. The night in the police cell.
12. How does he feel about people generally?
13.What does Christopher think about metaphors?
Explain the ones on p.19.
I laughed my socks off. =
He was the apple of her eye. =
They had a skeleton in the cupboard. =
We had a real pig of a day.=
The dog was stone dead. =
14.How do Christopher and his father show affection?
15. How often does Christopher tell lies?
16. Who’s Toby?
17. What does Christopher want to do about Wellington’s death?

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