Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Closed For the Season by Mary Downing Hahn


Chapters 1 - 3
What is the history of Logan's new house?  Do you think Arthur should be believed?  Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
quaint (1)
cynical (2)
propinquity (3)
embellishments (8)
etiquette (10)
menacious (11)

Chapters 4 - 5
What facts do we know about the murder?  Why would someone do it?  Would you still live in the house?
Vocabulary:
exemplary (22)
morbid (23)
embezzled (24)
affable (31)
abode (32)

Chapters 6 - 8
Describe the magic forest.  Why is it important to the story?
Vocabulary:
perilously (39)
imbecile (41)
kudzu (46)
pulverize (50)
ignormous (53)
repentant (57)

Chapters 9 - 11
What is Violet trying to remember?  How might the toys and the map help her?
Vocabulary:
synthetic (67)
cower (69)
reluctantly (74)
picturesque (76)
saunter (82)

Chapters 12 - 13
What do we know about Arthur's past?  What are his family and home life like?
Vocabulary:
deftly (85)
irate (87)
ambled (93)
mutual (96)

Chapters 14 - 15
How are Anthony and Arthur different as friend possibilities?  How would school be different if each was Logan's friend?
Vocabulary:
amputate (99)
interior (107)
muffled (114)
insisted (117)

Chapters 16 - 17
What is your opinion of Nina?  Do you think she is helpful or harmful for Logan?  Make a prediction about her role in the end of the story.
Vocabulary:
flounced (119)
extricated (122)
hideous (133)
demolish (137)

Chapters 18 - 21
Did Danny change over the course of the story?  What hardships did he need to overcome?
Vocabulary:
phantom (147)
charade (157)
dilapidated (169)
pretentious (176)

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