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"it's like a whole week of playing hooky." What does Mr. Maxwell mean by this?
The camp is like skipping off school for a whole week.
Leon always listened to ____________ after school.
jazz music
Mark was caught guard by the ___
beauty of the place.
In what way is "family weekend" a code phrase in Mark's family?
His mother says it when she knows she and Mark's father will be arriving on Saturday and leaving again on Sunday night or Monday morning.
Mom commented on the quaintness of the homes. What is meant by 'quaintness'?
Old-fashioned, cosy, warm, small, homely, inviting.
Why had Leon driven Mark to Scottie's sporting Goods Tuesday after school?
Mark bought snowshoes.
How does Mark gain access to the barn when it is snowed under?
Leon helps him to shovel the snow at the smaller side entrance.
What is unusual about Mark sifting the smells in the barn?
He is sure he can smell animals even though there hadn't been an animal in the barn for 30 years.
Recall some of the interesting things mark finds in the barn.
a shovel, a pitchfork, a hatchet, a wooden bucket, bottles and jars, a sickle, a coffee can full of nails, a grinding wheel, iron chain, wrenches, a kerosene...
What animal tracks did Mark find in his first two weeks at the new house?
rabbits, squirrels, deer,, chickadee
Food tastes more delicious____
____after spending a few hours outside.
Why is Chapter 9 called 'Testing'?
Mark tests himself by sleeping alone in the barn etc.
In the barn, Mark reads stories by_____
Jack London
Whilst trying to sleep in the barn, what memory does Mark recall?
Falling down beside the swimming pool when he was two years old.
"I've been acting like a stuck-up jerk." What does Mark mean?
He has been rude in ignoring potential new friends and not taking part in school.
Why does the social studies teacher feel uncomfortable ?
She is exposed by Mark as not knowing the real history of the civil war.
