◼︎ Chapter 17 / pages 163 - 173

  1. Jonas has stopped taking his pills each morning.

    • Explain what changes this has brought about. (p. 164)

  2. "Jonas realized it was a new depth of feeling that he was experiencing.” (p. 165)

    • How do you understand this?

  3. What does Lily feel instead of real anger? (p. 165)

    • How does Jonas know this?

  4. Jonas’s mother feels “sad,” her family comforts her and her sadness goes away.

    • What does Jonas think about this? (pp. 165 - 166)

  5. What game are Tanya, Asher, Fiona and others playing? (pp. 166 - 169)

    • How do you know this?

  6. Why does the game upset Jonas? (pp. 166 - 169)

  7. Fiona invites Jonas to ride along the river with her. At first, Jonas thinks he will join her. Then he decides not to. (p. 169)

    • Why do you think Jonas changed his mind?

  8. Describe how you might react to feeling love for your family and friends, but knowing they could not feel it back.

  9. Identical twins will be born soon. “One for here, one for Elsewhere.”

    • Where might Elsewhere be, do you think?

  10. Why does Jonas and Lily’s mother think an assignment of Storyteller might be good for Lily when she turns twelve?

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.

  • Returning to the Hero/ine’s Journey

    • Home, every day life

    • The Call to Adventure

    • The Threshold

    • The Journey

    • The Dragon Fight / Treasure / Rescue

    • The Return

  • Jonas has started his Hero’s Journey.

  • What has Jonas experienced on The Journey (so far) since his number was skipped during the Ceremony of Twelve?

  • If Jonas is to fight and to win a treasure, what might that look like?

  • Use you imagination—there’s no right answer!