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1. What is the name of the author?
Andrew Clements.
2. In what year was the book written?
2002.
3. What is Mark’s surname?
Chelmsley.
4. Mention one or two negative qualities of Mark’s mother.
She likes to move house often; she thinks money is the most important element is raising a child.
5. What aspect of Mark’s new home does he like?
The old, tilted part.
6. What is Mark’s weakness?
He hates being alone in the dark.
7. Why does Mark find it so difficult to sleep when he spends the night alone in the barn?
He is assailed by thoughts of gruesome things he has seen on television.
8. In the book, Mark is reading the works of a particular author. Name the author.
Jack London.
9. Why does Mark not try hard in his new school?
He will only be there for three months,
10. Recall Mr. Maxwell’s three rules.
The Friday Rule; The Homework Rule; The Five Minute Rule.
11. Following his move to Whitsun in New Hampshire, in what way does Mark beome ‘rich’?
He becomes rich in time and nature.
12. What’s the meaning of the term state of the art?
being technologically new
13. What does Mark ask Leon not to do when Leon picks Mark up from school each day?
He asks Leon not to open the door of the car for him.
14. What items are forbidden on the week in the woods?
Knives, lighters, matches.
15. When Mr. Maxwell is in pursuit of Mark through the woods, what was his principle feeling?
guilt
16. When Mark runs away from the camp, what two things trick mark into losing the trail?
His inexperience; the forest.
