QUIZ: CHAPTER 5
1.What can’t Finny do as a result of
the accident? (1 pt.)
2.True or False: Finny accuse Gene
of causing him to fall. (1 pt.)
3. “Instead of just crossing Boston
and catching the final train for the
short last leg fo the trip to Devon ,
instead of that I sat back in the
seat and heard myself give the
address of / for
__________________ . (1 pt.)
VOCABULARY:
You didn’t go all the way to Dixie and then come back with
nothing but your dismal face to show for it. (60)
Dismal – Depressing; dreary.
Propped up now before a great New England fireplace, on this
quiet old street, he looked to me like an invalid, housebound. (60)
Invalid – (Noun) A person made weak or disabled by illness or
injury.
VOCABULARY
It was only a feeling he had, and at this moment he must
have ben formulating a new commandment in his
personal decalogue: Never accuse a friend of a crime
if you only have a feeling he did it. (58)
Decalogue –The Ten Commandments
I went south for a month’s vacation in my home town and
spent it in an atmosphere of reverie and unreality, as
though I have lived that month once already and had
not been interested by it the first time. (59)
Reverie – A state of being pleasantly lost in one's
thoughts; a daydream
He might denounce me there before the whole school.
(55)
Denounce – Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CH. 5
1. What happens to Finny? Why is this significant? Perhaps more
significant then if it would have happened to Gene.
2. Does Gene reveal whether or not he did it intentionally? Do
you think he did it on purpose? Why or why not?
3. Split personality or bi-polar? Find a passage where this seems
to be true. If you don’t buy into the theory – which I don’t –
why does Knowles use this approach?
4. Do you trust Gene as a narrator? Why or why not?
5. Does Finny know what happened? What is your take? Find
evidence to support your claims.
6. Why did Gene put on Finny’s clothing?
IMPORTANT QUOTE
While recounting what happened in the tree Finny says
to Gene, “‘I thought I could reach out and get a hold of
you’” (Knowles 58).
This quote is important because…
COLON
:
Used to introduce a list.
A colon is used to introduce a list but the text
preceding it must be an independent clause
making up a sentence that can stand alone.
YES: We need several ingredients for the chocolate
cake : flour, cocoa, butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla
extract.
NO: The ingredients for the chocolate cake : flour,
cocoa, butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract.
PRACTICE
A. Three things are most important for a five-year-old child:
Mommy, Daddy, and home.
B. The three most important things for a five-year-old child are:
Mommy, Daddy, and home.
A. Susan plans on bringing: cokes, napkins, forks and plates.
B. Susan plans on bringing several crucial items to the picnic:
cokes, napkins, plates and forks.
COLON
:
Used to introduce a quotation.
When you use a colon to introduce a quotation, the
information that comes before the colon must be a
complete sentence
YES: Dr. Frederick simply states the following comparison of two
generations: “ the youth of today’s world is bombarded with
more difficult and different problems that previous
generations.”
NO: Dr. Frederick simply states: “the youth of today’s world is
bombarded with more difficult and different problems that
previous generations.”
Here’s a hint about introducing a quotation with a sentence and a colon: the
information before the colon should add to the reader’s understanding of the
quotation—it should set up a context for or explain something about the quote.
GRAMMAR = SEMICOLON ;
Used to combine two independent clauses.
• Get rid of the periods
• Don’t use “and” or “because”
Call me tomorrow; I will give you my answer then.
My grandmother seldom goes to bed this early;
she's afraid she'll miss out on something.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
What makes a good discussion
question?
Brainstorm 2 discussion
questions.