A DRAGON WITH WINGS
◼︎ Scenes 22 - 24
Watch the scenes below.
After each scene, answer the questions related to that scene.
SCENE 22
22 — Hunting Mastodons — Erin, Echo and Ellie return to the Maryland Historical Society where, in addition to finding out where a mastodon might be, they discover Oscar is none other than Lydia Hogsworth's step-son! (2 minutes)
Questions for scene 22 — Hunting Mastodons
(1) The girls meet Lydia Hogsworth in at room at the Maryland History Society (museum).
• Describe three things you can see in that room.
(2) What is a mastadon?
• Google mastadon if you need to.
(3) How are Oscar and Lydia Hogsworth related?
SCENE 23
23 —First Contact — Oscar leads the girls to the mastodon, then demands $5 to keep watch. The device appears and the girls make first contact with the device's operators! It’s a shock. "Who's afraid?" (3 minutes)
Questions for scene 23 —First Contact
(4) Erin asks Oscar if he’s any good at “counter-insurgency.”
• What does counterinsurgency mean?
• Google counterinsurgency if you need to.
(5) Oscar wants something in return for watching to see if anyone is coming.
• Answer in a complete sentence: What does Oscar want?
(6) Erin, Echo and Ellie see “themselves” on the iPads.
• The “Ellie” on the iPad mentions a “parallel universe” (also known as the “multiverse”)
• Read “What is the Multiverse?”
• What is a parallel universe?
SCENE 24
24 — I.O.U. $10, Sign Here — Oscar leads the girls towards the Records Room. On the way, extracts from them another $10 "for protection." Echo decides Oscar isn't so cute after all. (2.5 minutes)
Questions for scene 24 — I.O.U. $10, Sign Here
(7) What does I.O.U. mean in “real words”?
• If you don’t know, Google I.O.U. slang — don’t forget “slang”
(8) Oscar, in 4G, has “shaken down” — demanded money from — Erin, Echo and Ellie twice now.
• What does this tell us about his character?
(9) Oscar says, “There’s more than one universe, you know.”
• Given what you already know about Oscar, why do you think Oscar says this?”
(10) How do Erin, Echo and Ellie feel about Oscar?
NOTE: In the 4th quarter, the ABCD answers are now 10 points (instead of 3)
ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may also need the points if you’ve dropped points for questions 1-10.
The “Erin,” “Echo” and “Ellie” the girls see on their iPads look a little different.
When “Erin,” “Echo” and “Ellie” learn the girls are in an elementary school and that W.I.A.S. is an after-school club, the want to meet in a more private space.
With these hints, take a guess at the difference between the two universes.
