2.8 questions about your novel (chap 3 and 4)

 

 

A)  Chap. 3

 

1)  At the beginning of chapter 3 you can read “ the pursuit of perfection ,then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light…”:

a)   How do you call such a sentence at the beginning of a chapter?

 

b)  Do you think it applies to the characters? Justify.

 

 

 

2)  Blair thinks that Hamish is “half-witted”:

a)   Can you give a synonym?

 

b)  When you read about the dinner at Tommel Castle, what can YOU say about Hamish? How does he behave? Why? What happened at the end of chapter 2 which can explain his strange behaviour?

 

3)  Why does Trixie visit Hamish?

 

4)  What has changed in the doctor’s life because of Trixie?

 

5)  Why does Mrs McLean also hate Trixie?

 

6)  Which animals do Trixie and other women want to protect? Which other character has another reason to dislike Trixie?

 

7)  In the evening Angela keeps worrying: why? What about the doctor’s behaviour?

 

8)  Where does Trixie force her husband to go?

 

9)  What happens at the end of the chapter?

 

 

B)  Chap. Four

 

1)  Read the very first sentence of chapter 4 again: what do you think about it?

 

2)  Which insects can you see? Which insects disturbed the village before?

 

3)  Which idea does Hamish have to make Angela be herself again?

 

4)  How did Trixie die?

 

5)  We can see Mrs Kennedy has a peculiar accent: how would YOU write this sentence:

 “ But this wis supposed to be a holiday and I have to dae all the cooking and buy the food, for the polis took everything out of the kitchen. I telt Mr Thomas he wasnae getting any money from me.”

 

6)    Who is John Parker?

 

7)    What did Trixie probably stole when she visited Hamish?

 

8)    What is Mrs Maclean’s alibi?

 

9)    What are the different reasons why the doctor is a good suspect?

 

10) What is an auction? What does Hamish discover there?