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The Weirdo
Study Questions
Use During Reading

Directions: Write a brief answer to each study question as you read the book at home or in class.

* = open-ended question; no right or wrong answer

Why do Samantha's aunt and uncle pay a visit?
What grisly discovery did Samantha make seven years earlier?
What do Sam's parents do for a living?
What does the document on pages 9-10 appear to be?
Why does Sam go into the swamp alone?
Why does Sam decide against taking the shotgun?
Where does Sam sleep when she spends the night in the swamp?
What does Sam hear at twilight?
Whom does Sam see in the swamp?
Why doesn't Sam call out to the man who walks by?
Prediction: Who will the "swamp walker" turn out to be and what was he carrying?*
What do you think Sam should have done when the dog went off into the swamp?*

From where does Sam plan to call her parents?
What is John Clewt's job?
Why has Clewt taken this job?
How does Sam end up on top of John Clewt's house?
Why is Chip called "the weirdo"?
Why does Sam think "Oh, oh, another one of those" when Chip tells
her Columbus is "okay…If you like big cities" (page 35)?
What sort of "hospital" is Chip running?
How has Chip been helping Tom Telford?
What do Chip and Tom hope to persuade the Wildlife Service to do?
What injury does Chip bandage up for Sam?
Prediction: What will Sam's parents think of Chip?*
If you were Sam, would you have asked about Chip's face?*

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