Clayton

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Book Group Test

** Book Group Test 4/16/10

Clayton Thompson ** I think the most mysterious part of the book is when Mr. Pluto tells about himself. This took place inside of the cavern. That was surprising to me because Mr. Pluto was doing all of these mean tricks to the Small family. For example, Mr. Pluto scared Thomas when he was walking back to his house at nighttime. He thought Thomas was an intruder. Every so often intruders come up to The House of Dies Drear to look at the house, so Pluto has to scare them off like a ghost. Another example is when Mr. Pluto ignored the Smalls at the church. That surprised me because I thought Mr. Pluto would make them comfortable, but instead he acted if they were strangers. Another example is when Mr. Pluto scared Thomas in the tunnel. The walls of the tunnel were made out of wood. They got narrower and wider when you moved a little bit. The bottom of the cave was made out of stone. All of this made it creepier. He did this by making a loud creepy moaning sound and Mr. Pluto chased him out of the tunnel. Thomas ran for his life out of the cave. When he came in the house he was out of breath and he accidentally broke the dishes. Later Mr. Pluto came in and apologized because he thought Thomas was an intruder. He also Mr. Pluto told about his childhood, his heritage about the house, his cave, the legend of the house and cave, and the traps of the cave. He also told why no one was friendly to him and why they were afraid of him and the house. This was my faviote scence of the book.
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Comment from Shirley: You have chosen an interesting section about Pluto and summarized it clearly. I like how you have included your own thoughts. You need an ending sentence..please add one. Nice work! Question One ** I think the title of the book does connect to the story. If I was the author, I would have chosen the same title. For example, it explains how the House got its name. It got its name from the person who owned the house before Mr. Pluto. The name of the House of Dies Drear has the legend of the three slaves. Two of the slaves were captured and killed by a bounty hunter. The other slave escaped using the Underground Railroad. The house has been used for an underground railroad for a period of time. That’s why it has so many traps in the house. The doorknob was used as a trap. If you rotated the door knob it would open the tunnel. Another secret of the house was it had many tunnels. For example one tunnel would lead to the Darrow’s house. The tunnel was disguise as a mirror. If you tilted the mirror it opened to a tunnel. A different secret is the lever that closes the tunnel. The lever was behind a cabinet. The book had a revelent tiltle.

Comment From Shirley: You began well with relevant and interesting facts and details. You know the story of the house and wrote with neat details. Once again you need to conclude your answer with an ending sentence.....

Week 6 Questions - Please write your response here 1. What did you think about the end of the book? Do you think it should have been different? Explain in details with examples. I thought the ending of the book was good, but it could have been a little different. The ending was a plan by Mayhew to dress Thomas and Mr. Small like ghosts and scare the Darrow boys away. The Darrow boys wanted to steal treasure from Mr. Pluto’s cave. My plan would be to give several warning to the Darrow boys. It would say something like “beware of the cave.” If they don’t listen I will wait until the Darrow boy’s come to the cave at night. When they go through the tunnel then Mr. Small will knock down the glass bottles so they will be scared of the noise. Then Mr. Pluto will dress up like a ghost and frighten the boys.

2. If you were Thomas’ place in the woods, would you have been scared? Give reasons for you answer.
If I was Thomas I would have been scared because many things could go wrong. For example Thomas could have fallen down and ripped his costume and got stuck with the chains. Another example is the Darrow boys could have seen Thomas and chased after him because they knew it was a plan to scare them away. A final example is the police could come and ruin the plan.