Chrysalids Ch2
CHAPTER 2 – READING QUESTIONS
VOCABULARY: Define and use the following words in a sentence.
• Tedious - Meticulous • Deviation - Repentance
QUESTIONS: Answer each of the following questions using full sentences.
• What is the name of David’s town? -David’s town was called Walnuk • Describe David’s Grandfather, Elias Strorm in your own words. -A strong man, with a religious background. Always serious. • What are three of Joseph Strorm’s occupations? -His occupations where Priest, Magistrate, and Landowner • Describe David’s father in your own words. How is he different from Elias? -A calm man believes highly on god and in his duty to be a useful part of the district. • Which 2 books does David’s father love? -The books Joseph loved where The Bible, and from Nicholson's Repentances • What are 2 of the axioms (sayings) hanging in David’s house? - Two of the sayings where ONLY THE IMAGE OF GOD IS MAN, BLESSED IS THE NORM • What does David’s living room tell you about his family? -That they are very religious and follow every rule. • What happens to animal offenses? What happens to plant offenses? -They are killed and plants are destroyed. • What is the word that David’s community uses to describe people with deviations? -Blasphemy. • What is Wild Country? The Fringes? The Badlands? -Draw a little map of their location in relation to Waknuk. • What is the impression that you get about the Fringes people? -They are most of them thief and Blasphemy • Who is Uncle Axel? -Married one of David’s aunts. Use full worker but had a problem on one of his foot.
IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS: Jot down the context (who said it, when was it said) and significance (why it is important) of each of the following quotes.
• My father's faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews, and both responded to a mind richly stored with examples from the Bible, and from Nicholson's Repentances. In
VOCABULARY: Define and use the following words in a sentence.
• Tedious - Meticulous • Deviation - Repentance
QUESTIONS: Answer each of the following questions using full sentences.
• What is the name of David’s town? -David’s town was called Walnuk • Describe David’s Grandfather, Elias Strorm in your own words. -A strong man, with a religious background. Always serious. • What are three of Joseph Strorm’s occupations? -His occupations where Priest, Magistrate, and Landowner • Describe David’s father in your own words. How is he different from Elias? -A calm man believes highly on god and in his duty to be a useful part of the district. • Which 2 books does David’s father love? -The books Joseph loved where The Bible, and from Nicholson's Repentances • What are 2 of the axioms (sayings) hanging in David’s house? - Two of the sayings where ONLY THE IMAGE OF GOD IS MAN, BLESSED IS THE NORM • What does David’s living room tell you about his family? -That they are very religious and follow every rule. • What happens to animal offenses? What happens to plant offenses? -They are killed and plants are destroyed. • What is the word that David’s community uses to describe people with deviations? -Blasphemy. • What is Wild Country? The Fringes? The Badlands? -Draw a little map of their location in relation to Waknuk. • What is the impression that you get about the Fringes people? -They are most of them thief and Blasphemy • Who is Uncle Axel? -Married one of David’s aunts. Use full worker but had a problem on one of his foot.
IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS: Jot down the context (who said it, when was it said) and significance (why it is important) of each of the following quotes.
• My father's faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews, and both responded to a mind richly stored with examples from the Bible, and from Nicholson's Repentances. In