What do we know of Tick? How is he treated at home? At school? By his teachers? His peers?
Vocabulary:
regal (4)
subtle (11)
daft (11)
claustrophobic (15)
blemish (18)
despicable (24)
Chapters 3 - 5
What is the first clue Tick receives? Write it out in it's entirety.
Vocabulary:
devour (32)
gremlin (34)
scuttle (37)
ajar (38)
bliss (40)
granite (45)
Chapters 6 - 8
Is Mothball a figure who will help or hinder Tick? Provide evidence of your thinking.
Vocabulary:
chaotic (47)
dislodge (49)
bludgeon (60)
copse (63)
cryptic (70)
prestigious (72)
Chapters 9 - 10
How does Tick make the decision not to quit? What is his motivation to continue despite the hardship?
Vocabulary:
faction (76)
affiliate (77)
insomnia (80)
baffling (88)
waver (91)
adage (91)
Chapters 11 - 13
The second and third clues have been solved. Explain their meaning and how Tick solved them.
Vocabulary:
vowed (105)
remnants (107)
transcribe (109)
validate (115)
sole (120)
Chapters 14 - 16
Create sketches of Mothball and Rudger from details in the book.
Vocabulary:
keen (124)
exasperated (133)
scrounge (136)
feat (143)
endeavor (144)
Chapters 17 - 19
What benefits does Tick have by revealing the clues to his father? How could this help him?
Vocabulary:
cronie (149)
coalesce (151)
proactive (163)
feisty (166)
behoove (170)
Chapters 20 - 22
What are some of the strange things that Aunt Mabel believes or makes Atticus do?
Vocabulary:
loath (177)
discreet (180)
capacity (185)
havoc (187)
monotony (192)
disheveled (197)
Chapters 23 - 24
What prompts Norbet to help Tick? Why does he feel like he should help save Tick from Frazier?
Vocabulary:
parcel (201)
shun (206)
embrace (208)
nullify (213)
unison (215)
plume (218)
Chapters 25 - 27
Review what we know of the clues at this point. When and where does Tick need to be? What does he need to do?
Vocabulary:
dislodge (226)
deference (228)
falter (236)
relishing (239)
gullible (250)
Chapters 28 - 29
Create a list of facts that we know about Master George at this point?
Vocabulary:
grueling (254)
cease (259)
prime (260)
escaped (267)
guffaw (268)
empathy (272)
Chapters 30 - 32
Look back at the first clue. Make a prediction about what Tick is supposed to find.
Vocabulary:
defiant (279)
fringe (281)
trio (290)
abyss (292)
traipse (296)
abduct (297)
Chapters 33 - 34
Make a logical guess at what happened to restore Atticus' letter. What could make Kaylee and Master George forget?
Vocabulary:
dejected (306)
devious (313)
intent (317)
Chapters 35 - 37
Why would Tick be able to see his own tombstone? What happened that his father could no longer see him?
Vocabulary:
morsel (325)
ritual (328)
remnants (333)
vacant (338)
moot (342)
Chapters 38 - 40
What profile could we put together to describe the four individuals who solved the riddle? Who do we not know much about?
Vocabulary:
fragment (355)
mite (357)
pelting (359)
quip (366)
curt (367)
disgruntle (369)
Chapters 41 - 43
Describe how the realities are related to each other. Look for a particular metaphor in the novel.
Vocabulary:
congruous (376)
conviction (377)
utopia (379)
ramification (384)
imitation (394)
trace (402)
Chapters 44 - 45
What happens if a person from the Prime meets another version of themselves in another reality?
Vocabulary:
escalate (404)
solemn (410)
eke (413)
plague (414)
Chapters 46 - 47
Why are the realitants in the 13th reality? What are they trying to find?
Vocabulary:
infiltrate (430)
recuse (432)
cacophony (443)
unison (444)
Chapters 48 - 49
How are each of the four Realitants doing? Create a one sentence summery for each individual.
Vocabulary:
lurch (456)
sporadic (457)
inexplicable (462)
tandem (467)
breach (469)
Chapters 50 - Epilogue
What challenges face Atticus as he moves forward? What might Mistress Jane be planning?
Vocabulary:
gracious (473)
vast (473)
duress (476)
accusatory (478)
corrupt (484)
sincerity (491)
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