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~ Chapters 41-46 Questions ~

Snap these questions using the “Quick Cuts” technique and answer them in complete sentences.

What is the result of the baby’s surgery?

2a) How would you describe the “dream” Michael’s Mum had the night before the

baby’s surgery?

b) What effect does this “dream” have upon Michael’s Mum?

When Michael asks Dr. MacNabola if love can help a person get better, he quotes a poem by William Blake, saying, “Love is the child that breathes our breath/Love is the child that scatters death.”

a) What do you think these lines from the poem mean?

What are TWO (2) examples from chapter forty-two (42) representing the positive influence Mina has had upon Michael?

5a) How does David Almond, the author, make a comparison between the blackbird

fledglings and Skellig in chapter forty-two (42)?

b) What are TWO (2) quotations that represent this comparison?

Who and what does Skellig say is responsible for helping him get better?

7a) What does Skellig say when Michael asks, “What are you?”

b) What do you think this means?

How can we tell that Leakey has matured since his argument with Michael?

What does Michael put under the baby’s pillow before she returns home?

Why does Michael’s Mum “[catch] her breath” (p.181) when Mina gives the baby a present?

What name do Michael and his parents decide on for the baby?

12a) In your opinion, what is Skellig?

b) What are THREE (3) pieces of evidence to support your opinion?

Journal #9

Did you enjoy the novel Skellig? Why or why not? What did you like the most about it? What did you dislike or like the least about it? Write a ONE (1) PAGE, DOUBLE-SPACED journal explaining your answers to these questions?

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