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Memory Boy
Short Answer Questions
Chapters 7 – 8 (pg.83 – 113)
1. Why is Miles uneasy with the current campsite?
2. Why would it be important to follow the game trail? What do the animals know that people may
not?
3. Miles goes out for a walk so that his sister can change into her pajamas and he says he wants to
stay out on his hike until she goes to sleep so he won’t have to speak to her. Do they have a good
brother-sister relationship? What evidence do you have for your opinion?
4. Who were the men that came to raid the campsite?
5. Why do you think the author is telling us about Mr. Kurz?
6. On page 110, Mr. Kurz says, “You never want to tell anybody, not even your own family, what you
got. Because once you tell, you’re a marked man.” What do you think this means?
7. Why do you think Mr. Kurz’s family put him in Buena Vista?
8. What do you think the significance is of Miles telling Mr. Kurz what Buena Vista means?