Chapters 1-3
Who are the two main characters? Create a table and list difference in their times/lives/families/etc?
Vocabulary:
tolerance (10)
guidance (15)
courtesy (17)
boundary (18)
Chapters 4-6
What is the problem with Bill? If you were Brennan would you have agreed to go camping?
Vocabulary:
mesquite (25)
formations (33)
bluff (36)
staggering (38)
Chapters 7 -8
Make a prediction about how the stories of these two main characters will interact.
Vocabulary:
moisten (44)
overhang (50)
condensing (53)
peaks (54)
Chapter 9
Detail the outcome of the horse raid. Create a plot outline that has at least 6 events from the chapter.
Vocabulary:
gully (58)
vaquero (59)
halt (64)
reluctant (68)
Chapters 10 - 11
Why would the animals, the horse/snake/eagle, be a part of Brennan's dreams? What is the connection with the skull?
Vocabulary:
irritation (81)
compartment (84)
coiled (91)
drenched (94)
Chapters 2 - 14
Do you think Brennan should trust Mr. Homesly with the skull? Why or why not? Would you have?
Vocabulary:
squint (98)
lope (99)
numerous (102)
medic (113)
Chapters 15 - 18
What are your thoughts concerning the violence surrounding the historical reports of the Apache raids and the military responses?
Vocabulary:
precise (119)
urgency (126)
cantina (137)
redundant (135)
Chapters 19 - 21
Give your opinion of Brennan's decision to flee the police. Do you think it is worth the consequences?
Vocabulary:
originating (141)
era (145)
"run to earth" (148)
confiscate (155)
Chapters 22 -24
In your opinion, what was the reader supposed to learn from this novel?
Vocabulary:
fitful (160)
remorse (164)
exulted (171)
fissure (179)
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