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Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Writing Assignment 5 Chapter 34-46
1. What is foreshadowing? How does the author foreshadow the avalanche event?
2. What is the reason that Dinnie finally went to the top of the mountain at the ski resort?
3. Why is Chapter 35 called “Loud Snow?”
4. What do you think Dinnie meant when she said this at the end of Chapter 37…
“ It seemed right then, that there was danger all around, and I was afraid for everyone. I knew. Oddly, the only person I wasn’t afraid for was myself.”
5. Why is Chapter 39 called, “Upstanding”?
6. Dinnie comes to this conclusion after the avalanche.
“ And at that instant, when he said “You smell like real air!” I understood his story about the two prisoners. Guthrie was like one who only saw the sky, and Lila was like the one who only say the dirt. I wondered where I fit in. Was I somewhere in the middle, seeing the in-between things?
Which character do you think you are most like and why?
7. Why do you think the author named the book, Bloomability? What does that word mean and how does it connect to the story?
8. In Chapter 44, Uncle Max says this to the students.
“We do need followers, though. It might be better to follow intelligently then to lead recklessly.”
What does he mean by this statement?
9. What do you think Dinnie’s next life will be like? How do you think she will be different after he opportunity in Switzerland?
10. A theme is the main idea of point of a story. It is what the reader will learn from the story. Why do you think the author wrote this book? What did she want her readers to take away from it?
11. Choose one dream from this section and tell what you think it meant.
12. Did you like this book. Why or why not? What did you learn from it?