Meredith'sDiscussionQuestions

  **Meredith's Discussion Questions **    **Questions and answers from group discussions. **    **Ch. 1-4 **  **Question 1: Why do you think Isabel talks and believes about ghosts so much? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: Isabel misses her mother and she believes that her mother is a ghost. If her mother is a ghost she might be able to see her again. Slaves were very close to their family members. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Why did Jenny offer to take the girls even though she knew she could not afford them? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: It was an impulse. Jenny knew Isabel and Ruth and wanted to keep them both safe. She thought she might have a slight chance because the wife was not that interested in them at first. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 17pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ch. 5-9 **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: What do you think Isabel has to do at the end of Chapter 9? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: She has to go talk to Curzon. She has to tell him about the money and British. It might be the only way she can become free. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Why is it so important that there was money in the chest? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: They are going to bribe people to become loyalists. They needed more support to win the war. If they did not bribe them with something they would not be willing to become loyalists. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ch. 10-14 **<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: What do you think the importance of the excerpts is at the beginning of each chapter? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: The excerpts foreshadow what might happen. They set the stage and give a theme for the chapter. They are primary sources from history. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Who do you think scream and why? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: Someone saw something gross. Someone might have gotten hurt or was even mad at someone else. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ch. 15-19 **<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: Why was it an enjoyment to see a hanging? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: This was entertainment to them. Nothing very exciting happens, so it was something to make them happy. This was because no one liked the man they were hanging so they wanted him to be hung anyway. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Was Ruth's beating have something to do with the more prominent seizures? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: No, the book says that Ruth was born slow. She must have been born with a seizure disorder and madam has just starting to notice or find out about them. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: Why do you think Isabel thinks that Ruth is lost and was not soled? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: Isabel can't believe that it could happen. She is in denial. She can't understand why Madam would do such a horrible thing. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: What would be worse, being killed, or a branding and why? **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: Branding could be worse because you have to live your whole life with the humiliation of having a mark on your face. Getting killed could be worse because you would not be able to help your family. Either one would be bad for different reasons. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: Why wouldn't Madam look at Isabel? **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: Madam was afraid of Isabel's branding. She is afraid of what she has done. Deep down inside her she does feel a little guilty about branding her. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Why won't Isabel talk to Curzon? **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: She is mad at him because of what he keeps doing. He keeps bringing back bad memories and thoughts. He keeps reminding her that Ruth is gone and she is all alone. **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: How could people be fine, killing others left and right? **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: They thought that killing people was not horrible. During a war you don't like or care about the people you are killing. You want to kill the people that killed your friend or family member. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: How must Isabel feel when she sees Curzon in line with the prisoners? **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: She doesn't realize it at first. Curzon had done so much for her. Ounce she realized what had happened she was devastated. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> =<span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: **<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">    <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">     <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How would you react if Curzon was your friend and he was in jail? = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Answer 1: <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">   We would react similar to Isabel. We would try to help him. If you didn't help him, you would be thinking if he was going to die because of me. = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">    Why do you think Isabel chose to be a message carrier? = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  Isabel got into the lies and she gets stuck in all of the gossip. She doesn't realize how risky it is. She doesn't know that she is easy easy to spot because of her branding. = <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 37-40  **  <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">   <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What could the tension between Madam and Lady Seymour be about? <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They both have different opinions and morals. In addition they don't like each other as a person. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why was it so dangerous for Isabel to be talking to the Captain during the fight? <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: If anyone saw them talking, the captain could get in trouble for talking to a slave. Isabel could get in trouble because she would be talking to a captain and that would not be right. Aldo because if Madam or Sarah saw her with him she might think that she was against the King and the Locktons were all loyalists. **  <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: Why were the wins of the Rebels important to the story? **  <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: Isabel was the messenger so she could have gotten in even more trouble by telling them that the Rebels had one. It also symbolizes that people who are lesser can rize above and win. **  <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Do you htink Isabel really would try to buy her freedom? **<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: She had to at least try if she could. Ruth being gone pushed her to do whatever it took to try to escape and get Ruth back. **  <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 44-45   <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 1: Why did Lady Seymour allow Isabel to run away? <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 1: Isabel was kind and she deserved to be free and find her sister. Lady Seymour understands why Isabel has to run away and Lady Seymour is not a bad person. Isabel helped her and Madam did not deserve Isabel as her slave. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Question 2: Why you like to read the next book, Forge? Why? <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Answer 2: Yes, the Chains didn't tell us what happens to Isabel and Curzon. We liked the idea of the book that you could just read Chains and it would be fine but then it leads you into another book. This book was great and would also make a great movie!!! ** <span style="color: rgb(55,6,6); background-color: rgb(154,226,244);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(46,31,31); background-color: rgb(148,213,230);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 20-24  **
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 25-29  **
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 30-34  **
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 35-36  **
 * <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ch. 41-43  **