Describe some ways in which the boys' plan will work about the "beast". Use the book to support your answers. *At least one field answer required*.

They initially plan to look for the beast up the mountain. Sam and Eric see a dead parachute in the sky and interpret him as the beast. The boys stay away from that side of the island.

They initially plan to look for the beast up the mountain. Sam and Eric see a dead parachute in the sky and interpret him as the beast. The boys stay away from that side of the island. But the parachute turned out to be the dead pilot from the plane wreck in the beginning of the book.