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Chapter 1
1. How did she know someone was coming?
2. What did her dad and brothers fine when they went to Ogdentown?
3. What happened to everyone and how did it happen?
4. In what style is the story written?
5. Why did she start writing and why didn’t she write often?
6. Why is she hesitant to meet the new person?
7. How does she know the new person has not seen people along the way?
8. Why is she all alone?
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Chapter 2
1. What did she do to hide that she was in the valley?
2. Where did she go?
3. How will she be able to know the date soon?
4. How old will she be and when?
5. How long did the war last?
6. Why is she lucky?
7. How did she survive the winter?
8. Why can’t she use Burden Creek?
9. Why can she use the other creek?
10. Who is the new person and what does he look like?
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Chapter 3
1. Where is the man?
2. What did the man yell and why?
3. What is the man wearing? What did he look like?
4. Why didn’t he just go in the house and why didn’t he sleep in the house?
5. What was the mistake the man made?
6. Does she know how bad a mistake he made? What are her guesses?
7. What happened to her chickens and the cow?
8. Why doesn’t she come out from hiding now?
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Chapter 4
1. Who came back? Who did he/she come to first?
2. What did the man do?
3. What does she worry about the man?
4. What does she do on Sundays? Why can’t she do that today?
5. How old does she think the man is?
6. What did the man find when he explored the valley?
7. What does she miss on warm summer days?
8. What happened to the man and why?
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Chapter 5
1. What was her dream about?
2. What did it tell her?
3. What is wrong with the man?
4. Who does he call for?
5. Why was the man careless?
6. What did the man have her do?
7. What can make the man better? Can they do it?
8. What is the man’s name?
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Chapter 6
1. What is the man’s name?
2. What is he an expert on?
3. How did the valley escape the ravages of the war?
4. What did he say killed most of the people?
5. How long did it take the man to get here?
6. What did he find along the way?
7. Where is the man from?
8. What is special about his green suit?
9. What did he find at the airforce base?
10. What did the man do when she mentioned Edward?
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Chapter 7
1. What does Anne restart? What is her biggest reason for restarting it?
2. What had Anne forgotten was on the farm?
3. What does the man suggest they use to make the work easier? Why hasn’t she been using it?
4. How did they spend that evening?
5. When Anne was little who did she think Zachariah was?
6. What do you think the man is dreaming about?
7. What plans does Anne have for the farm?
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Chapter 8
1. What does Anne go to gather that morning?
2. What does Faro point at and why is it important?
3. Why didn’t Anne date many of the town boys? What did they think she was?
4. What does Anne start to think about for her and Mr. Loomis?
5. Do you think it would work? Why or why not?
6. Had Anne read the geiger counter wrong on Burden creek?
7. What does Mr. Loomis think they could do with the stream?
8. What happened on the way to fishing?
9. What did Anne do that day that was productive?
NAME:______Date:______
Chapter 9
1. What did Anne get going that day and why?
2. How was it immediately useful?
3. How does Anne feel about the current changes and why?
4. What happened to Mr. Loomis?
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Chapter 10
1. How is Mr. Loomis doing?
2. Was Anne prepared for this?
3. What does Anne confess to Mr. Loomis?
4. Why can’t Anne leave the house for long?
5. What happened when Anne had to go to the store and the creek?
6. Who’s name did Mr. Loomis mention again?
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Chapter 11
1. What did Anne do to help Mr. Loomis
2. What is Mr. Loomis worried about?
3. What did Edward want the suit for?
4. What happened between Edward and Mr. Loomis?
5. How did Anne confirm this?
6. What was Anne afraid would happen to Mr. Loomis?
7. What was the only thing Anne felt she could do?
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Chapter 12
1. What is Anne worried about besides Mr. Loomis being sick?
2. What did Anne find at the church?
3. What did she think it was that gave her hope?
4. Would you have let Edward take the suit? Why or why not?
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Chapter 13
1. How is Mr. Loomis?
2. What has Anne considered as a career?
3. What does Anne wish she could use the safe suit for?
4. What does Anne make progress on?
5. Could you live without books? What about if there was no TV or Radio, then could you live without books? Why or why not?
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Chapter 14
1. What happened this week?
2. How is Mr. Loomis doing?
3. What did Mr. Loomis hear while he was sick?
4. Why is it important for Anne to get some of the seeds planted?
5. What were the two surprising things Mr. Loomis did?
6. What really upset Mr. Loomis?
7. How did Anne calm him down?
8. How does Anne need to change her thinking?
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Chapter 15
1. What has Mr. Loomis been practicing?
2. What is Mr. Loomis working on?
3. What does Anne get excited about?
4. What does Anne suggest that was wrong?
5. What does Mr. Loomis tell her about it?
6. What does Anne hope will happen?
7. What does Mr. Loomis suggest they do with the valley?
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Chapter 16
1. Why does Anne feel uneasy?
2. Why does Anne think Mr. Loomis is being so reserved?
3. What does Anne learn about Mr. Loomis?
4. What does Anne finally ask? How does Mr. Loomis react?
5. How does Anne feel about his reaction?
6. What would you have done and why?
7. Do you think Mr. Loomis is trying to control Anne? Why or why not?
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Chapter 17
1. Why has Anne moved back to the cave?
2. What has Mr. Loomis started doing? How does it make Anne feel?
3. What did Mr. Loomis do at dinner?
4. What did he ask Anne to do? How did it make her feel?
5. What do you think Mr. Loomis is doing and why?
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Chapter 18
1. Do we now know why Anne has moved up to the cave?
2. What did Mr. Loomis ask Anne to do this night?
3. What does Anne see at the end of her walk that upsets her?
4. What did Mr. Loomis do that night?
5. How did Anne react?
6. How do feel about Mr. Loomis?
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Chapter 19
1. Where did Anne go?
2. Why is Anne afraid?
3. What did Faro do in the morning?
4. What was lucky about what Anne had done the night before?
5. What did Mr. Loomis do?
6. What does Mr. Loomis do to Faro? Why?
7. Would you let Mr. Loomis starve? Why or why not?
8. What is Anne’s plan?
9. Do you think he will accept it?
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Chapter 20
1. What does Mr. Loomis plan to do with Faro?
2. Does Anne have enough supplies in the cave? Why or why not?
3. Where did Anne sleep?
4. How did her talk go with Mr. Loomis?
5. Why does Anne think Mr. Loomis won’t just accept her offer of living arrangements?
6. What does Anne think Mr. Loomis has planned for her? What image came to Anne’s mind?
7. Why didn’t Anne tell Mr. Loomis where she is planning to live?
8. What is Mr. Loomis continuing to do with Faro?
9. What does Anne wish?
10. What does her wish start her thinking about?
NAME:______Date:______
Chapter 21
1. What has Mr. Loomis done to Anne?
2. How did Anne’s idea for living arrangements work out?
3. What did Mr. Loomis do each night?
4. What did Mr. Loomis do on the morning of the tenth day?
5. How did Anne react?
6. What had Mr. Loomis taken? Why did he take it?
7. What mistake did Anne make?
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Chapter 22
1. What did Mr. Loomis do when Anne was done with her chores?
2. Where did Mr. Loomis think Anne was living?
3. Why did Anne think Mr. Loomis carried the gun?
4. Why do you think he carries the gun?
5. What kept Mr. Loomis busy at the store?
6. What did Anne first think about the keys?
7. What did she then realize?
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Chapter 23
1. What did Anne decide about the padlocks in the morning?
2. What was her fear that Mr. Loomis was locking things up?
3. How did he shoot Anne?
4. How serious was the wound?
5. Why was he aiming low?
6. What did Faro become for Anne?
7. What does she have to do to Faro?
8. What did Mr. Loomis do to Anne’s things?
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Chapter 24
1. What is Anne’s plan?
2. Do you think it will work?
3. What happened to Anne due to her wound?
4. What was Anne’s dream?
5. What are some of the problems with Anne’s plan?
6. How has Anne survived?
7. What is the main reason she wants to hurt Mr. Loomis?
8. What did Mr. Loomis do that set the plan in motion?
9. What happened to Faro? How did it happen?
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Chapter 25
1. Why can’t Anne stay in the valley?
2. How did Anne get Mr. Loomis away from the house?
3. What from Anne’s childhood had prepared her for this journey?
4. What is Anne sure that Mr. Loomis will say to her when he finds out what she has done and is planning to do?
5. Why does Anne wait for Mr. Loomis?
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Chapter 26
1. How did Anne’s talk with Mr. Loomis go at first?
2. What did Mr. Loomis demand?
3. What did Anne say back to him?
4. What were Anne’s last words to Mr. Loomis?
5. What were Mr. Loomis’s last words to Anne? Why do you think he told her that?