A Monster Calls CFA#4

What is the mood of the first chapter of the book. (pages 1-9)

• anxious / suspenseful

• angry / furious

• somber / sad

• thrilling / exciting

Which evidence from the chapter best supports your answer in question 1 about the mood of A Monster Calls?

• “He glanced over at the clock his mum had put on his bedside table.”

• “He’d turned 13 just last month.”

• “It had been an unusually long October, and his window was still open.”

• “And the last thing Conor remembered was the monster’s mouth roaring open to eat him alive.”

Provide an analysis for questions 1 and 2: an explanation of how that evidence supports the mood AND why it is significant/important to the story. *

What is Conor’s attitude/tone towards the monster during the second meeting?

• frightened/scared

• Friendly

• annoyed/confused

• Amused

Which evidence from the text best supports your answer about Conor’s tone towards the monster? (refer back to chapters 1, 5, 7 - A Monster Calls, Three Stories, The Wildness of Stories)

• “‘It’s only a dream,’ Connor said to himself in the backyard, looking up at the monster silhouetted against the moon in the night sky.” “

• ‘What do you want from me?’ Conor said… ‘I don’t want anything from you,’ Conor said... ‘You’re going to tell me stories?’”

• “‘That’s what teachers always say,’ Conor said. ‘No one believes them either.’”

• “I saw you watching me earlier when I was fighting with my grandma and I thought…”

Provide an analysis for questions 4 & 5: explain why the evidence supports the tone AND tell why this is significant/important to the text. *

Which evidence from the text proves that Conor was angry with his friend Lily at school? (p. 13-15 in PDF)

• “‘It’s none of your business,’ Conor snapped again and picked up his pace.”

• “In a way, it was hard for Conor to even look at Lily as a girl, at least not in the same way as the other girls at school.”

• “And then everyone knew. Everyone. Which changed the whole world in a single day.”

• “‘No, Miss, it’s not true,’ Conor said, swallowing the blood.”

Explain your answer to question 7 above about Lily. *

Which of the following does NOT contain imagery from A Monster Calls?

• "Other branches twisted around one another, always creaking, always groaning until they formed two long arms and a second leg to set down beside the main trunk."

• “Harry had started noticing Conor, catching his eye, looking at him with detached amusement”

• “...a huge gust of warm compost-smelling breath rushing through Conor’s window, blowing his hair back.”

• “It’s voice rumbled low and loud, with vibrations so deep Conor could feel it in his chest”

What does the Monster want Conor to do? (pg 36 in Book, pg 18 in PDF)

• Eat the red poison berries.

• Take a walk together outside.

• Tell the 4th story--Conor’s truth.

• Apologize for being rude.