The Hobbit How did Ravenhill get its name? Answers: 1 Asked by ayanna k #253925 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 11:00 PM
Johnny Tremain Why didnt people want to hire Johnny Tremain? Answers: 1 Asked by sydni r #253911 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 10:14 PM
The Hunger Games What type of things does Effie value? Answers: 1 Asked by nicki b #253909 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 9:24 PM
The Outsiders who does johnny refuse to see at the hospital and why? Answers: 3 Asked by lesley b #251773 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 9:18 PM
MAUS What did the priest in Aushwitz tell Vladek that enabled him to keep going? Answers: 5 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 8:42 PM
MAUS How does Vladek arrange to be reunited with his wife and son? What visual device does Spiegelman use to show him disguising himself as a Polish Gentile? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 8:35 PM
MAUS Why do you think some Jews assisted the Germans, either by policing the ghettos or by informing on their people? (pp.113 and 117) Why might Vladek send gift packages to Haskel, who betrayed his in-laws(p.118)? Would you have done the same thing? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 8:25 PM
MAUS What kind of man/mouse is Vladek Spiegelman? What traits do you think enabled him to survive events in which the majority of Jews were killed? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 8:17 PM
MAUS One of the problems inherent in representing human beings as cats and mice is that animals have a narrower range of facial expressions. Are Spiegelman's animals as emotionally expressive as human characters might be? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 8:00 PM
MAUS How does the comic strip "Prisoner on the Hell Planet" depict Artie and his family? Why do you think he has chosen to draw himself in a prison uniform? What is the effect of suddenly seeing these mice depicted as human beings? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 7:25 PM
MAUS During the brutal mass arrest depicted on page 80, Vladek is framed by a panel shaped like a Jewish star. How does this device express his situation at the moment? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 7:19 PM
MAUS What happened to little Richlieu? When Vladek begins telling this story on page 81, the first three panels are set in the past, while the bottom three panels return us to the present and show the old Vladek pedaling his stationary bicycle. Answers: 2 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by janessa r #253687 on 5/30/2012 7:08 PM
MAUS What happened to Vladek's father? What does the scene on pages 90-91 suggest about the ways in which some of the Jews dies and others survived? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 7:02 PM
MAUS On page 12 we see a close up of Vladek as he pedals his exercise bike. What is the meaning of the numbers tattooed on his wrist? How does this single image convey information about the character? Answers: 2 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 6:50 PM
MAUS What is your first impression of Vladek Spiegelman? What does his initial remark about friends suggest about his personality? Answers: 1 Asked by janessa r #253687 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 6:39 PM
Touching Spirit Bear How is this also a circle? Answers: 1 Asked by melissa h #253865 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 6:07 PM
The Crucible who is mercy ? Answers: 1 Asked by alana r #253835 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 4:15 PM
Animal Farm What is the significance of the cockerel who marches in front of napoleon? Answers: 1 Asked by joe m #253831 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 4:05 PM
The Scarlet Pimpernel Where does Marguerite reveals to Percy that her brother is in danger Answers: 4 Asked by erin s #253791 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 2:19 PM
The Scarlet Pimpernel Where Marguerite learns of her brother's association with the league of the Scarlet Pimpernel? Answers: 1 Asked by erin s #253791 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 2:10 PM
The Book Thief If this was your personal memoir, how do you think you would feel if you were returning home after expierencing the Holocaaust? How would you interact with your neighbours, family, friends and fellow survivors? Answers: 2 Asked by megan s #253805 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 1:23 PM
The Book Thief What happens at the end of the story? Is this a satisfying conclusion for you? Do you think it could have ended differently? Answers: 1 Asked by megan s #253805 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 1:20 PM
The Book Thief We learn about Holocaust in school through history classes. What did you learn about the Holocaust though the story that you may not have known before? Answers: 1 Asked by megan s #253805 Last updated by Aslan on 5/30/2012 1:20 PM
The Scarlet Pimpernel Where does Marguerite betrays the Scarlet Pimpernel in exchange for her brother's safety? Answers: 1 Asked by erin s #253791 Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/30/2012 1:15 PM