2. At the end of Chap 5 how does the author increase tension for the reader?
How does he plant in our minds that something is terribly wrong? How successful
do you think Marsden is in building up this tension?
3. “The dogs were dead.” P55 is a stark and shocking opening for this chapter.
Make a list of the other shocking things the group finds at Ellie’s home and
the words Marsden uses to describe those things.
4. Why did the group wait until dark to go to Kevin’s place?
5. What special information did they find at Corrie’s place?
6. Why did the group choose to travel on bikes?
7. Why was Homer’s suggestion that the group split up so unpopular? Why did he
suggest this?
8. “We ran through the fruit trees...” re-read this paragraph. How and why is
this section dominated by description of sound?
9. Describe the mower incident in your own words.
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