Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Keeper by Mal Peet

Pages 1 - 23
How are the narrator's uncle and grandmother's views of the forest different?

Vocabulary:
stagger (5)
tame (10)
weathered (17)
appeal (21)

Pages 24 - 40
How are Gato's parent's visions of his future different?

Vocabulary:
resist (24)
vulnerable (29)
exhilarated (35)
ambition (38)

Pages 41 - 64
What are some of the skills that Gato has learned from the Keeper at this point?

Vocabulary:
stamina (42)
irresistible (46)
sequence (52)
instinct (60)

Pages 65 - 85
What is the work that Gato will be doing?  From what you know, where is the setting of this story?

Vocabulary:
grooming (67)
dismayed (73)
foreign (78)
imbecile (82)

Pages 86 - 116
What might the Keeper mean when he says that he has little time left with Gato?

Vocabulary:
scamper (90)
intercept (93)
praise (102)
arrogant (104)

Pages 117 - 131
Why would this defeat get to Gato?  Who did he let down, and how?

Vocabulary:
agenda (117)
elegant (123)
retaliate (126)
leisurely (130)

Pages 132 - 155
How prepared is Gato to leave the forest and play in San Juan?  What does he do well at?  What does he not know?

Vocabulary:
contract (136)
versatile (140)
glimpse (146)
summon (150)

Pages 156 - 179
Why does Gato blame himself for the death of his father?  In your opinion, is he truly to blame?

Vocabulary:
sincerity (156)
ritual (162)
persuasive (166)
vicious (175)

Pages 180 - 202
Why do you think Gato is more interested in watching the great saves of the other Keeper during the World Cup tape?

Vocabulary:
apparition (181)
frenzy (184)
vital (188)
superb (194)

Pages 203 - 225
What is the secret of the Keeper?

Vocabulary:
anecdote (207)
retire (209)
recoil (212)
conservationist (213)

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