Why did Aunt Bobbie and Ben suddenly decide to start protecting the children? What caused them to start acting differently?Ģ2. Why did Nikki take Emmy away on the day she forced Matthew and Callie to go to church without her? How was she punishing? How and why?Ģ1. Why was it so important for the children to pretend the summer with Murdoch had never happened? What might Nikki have done if they hadn't?Ģ0. What were some of the reasons behind Nikki's eccentric and dangerous behavior? What did she gain by acting this way?ġ9.
Who does the following quote apply to:"some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them".ġ7. Give several examples of her ability to do this.ġ6. Nikki knew her children very well and knew exactly what buttons to push to manipulate them. Which character had "eyelids that folded up into their socket so neatly that is looked like she didn't have any"?ġ5. How did those refusals affect them emotionally? Why didn't Ben Walsh help?ġ4. Describe how Matthew and Callie felt when no one would help them. What did Nikki do to Callie to demonstrate the importance of hair to a woman?ġ3. Discuss how the Walsh children's lives were different from and similar to the life of the POW's in the movie they watched with Murdoch. Why did Matthew, Callie, and Emmy live in fear?ġ1. Why did Matthew describe his desire to meet Murdoch as an "obsession"?ĩ. Discuss the scene when Matthew and Callie saw Murdoch for the first time, and what characteristics he showed them in their brief interaction with them, and how the meeting changed their lives.Ĩ. How did Matt and Callie's protecting Emmy endanger her instead?ħ. In what ways do you think she exhibited this quality?Ħ. Do you think she realized the effect that it would have on her mother? How might their lives have been different if she had just gone to bed that night?ĥ. What are some of the ways Matthew, Callie and Emmy survive? (Refer to Matt's rules of survival on the back of the book)Ĥ. There are many ways to survive in a dangerous situation.
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