killing mr griffin dqs 1 and 2

Chapter one

1. Briefly identify the children in the McConnell family.

• Craig and Melvin are twins. They are Susan's younger brothers. Her mother is also really nosey.
  
  

2. What does Susan mean by “someday”?

• "Someday" she will be noticed and "popular."
  

3. Who is David Ruggles? How does Susan feel about him?

• David is a classmate in her class and Susan likes him.
  
  

4. Several other students of Room 117 are introduced. Briefly identify them.

• Jeff Garret and Betsy Cline are the "popular" kids in school.
  
  

5. In the classroom scene, what emphasizes Susan’s feelings of being an outsider?

• Everyone is talking to everyone and she is sitting alone. She acts like she is busy.
  
  

6. Two teachers are introduced. Briefly identify them.

• Mr Griffin: He is mean, strict, and no one likes him.
• Dolly Luna: The kids think she is crazy.

7. Mr. Griffin is very strict and stern with the students. Do you think these qualities make
him a good teacher? Briefly explain your answer.

• No, because you have to be strict but allow students to also go off and learn new things without being strict.
  

8. An allusion is when a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that the
reader, is expected to recognize. Find an example of allusion in this chapter.

• Ophelia
  

9. In what ways does Susan think she and the dying female in Hamlet are similar?

• They both both left and sad.
  

10. A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike, in order to create a
sharp picture. In this first chapter find the metaphor involving a bird that helps the author
define how Susan is feeling about her life.

• She feels stund. The bird runs into the window and takes a long time to fall off like he doesn't know what hit him, lol, or what happened.
  

11. Jeff says, “That Griffin’s the sort of guy you’d like to kill.” Why doesn’t Susan think he is serious?

• No one would really say that about someone and be serious unless that person was crazy.
  

12. Frequently, objects which seem inconsequential when first mentioned become an
important part of the plot later. In the last six paragraphs do you notice any object that might be foreshadowed?

• He was talking about some kind of medication for his heart that he was suppose to take.

Chapter two

1. Why does Mark say the following? " Jeff's done a neat job of lining us up for a mass flunk out."

• They think that they might get caught some how and flunkout.

2. Explain Mark's special dislike of Mr. Griffin.

• He is always mean to him for being late and makes fun of him.

3. "Jeff had seen that look before, and it always meant something." What look does Jeff see? What does Jeff think it means?

• He is talking about a look that Mr. Griffin gives Jeff.
  

4.Why do Jeff and Betsy go along with the plan?

• Jeff looks up to Mark, Betsy dates Mark, and Mark easily convinces them both.
  

5. Why does Mark believe Dave will go with the plan?

• Because of how Mr. Griffin treated David in the previous semester.
  

6. What does Mark know about Susan that makes him think she will be their decoy?

• Mark kniws that Susan likes him.
  

7. A flashback is a scene that interrupts the ongoing action to show an event that happens earlier.Briefly describe the flashback in this chapter. Explain why the author chooses to include it.

• It's how Jeff and Mark met each other when they were in middle school. and the author includes it because Mark did a bad thing that day after school.
  

8. What is implied, but never stated, about Mark's "transformation"?

• After Mark set the cat on fire, he "transformed" into someone that can do things like that and not feel bad about it.