Destroying Avalon Comprehension Questions
1. READING OUTCOME: COMPREHENSION
PROCESS WORK: Demonstrate your understanding of the novel by answering the following questions in your journal. Where possible support your ideas with references from the text. Include page numbers for future use.
1. How is the use of the pseudonym ‘Afriend’ ironic?
2. What is a blog page?
3. Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from A Friend, what does this suggest about her character?
4. How is the chapter title ‘The A-Bomb’ significant to events that take place? 5. What attitudes and values do Avalon’s parents have regarding education and family life?
6. Avalon is anxious about starting at Westerly High School do you think she has cause for concern? How are new students treated at your school? Does appearance matter?
7. Compare and contrast Caleb and Mitch. Predict the role each may play as the novel develops.
8. Describe the group of misfits that befriend Avalon.
9. Why was Avalon’s bag sabotaged following the netball match?
10. The school is divided by a social hierarchy. Make a table with the headings A group, B group, C group, and Z group. Under each heading list the students appropriate to the group that have been mentioned so far. Add to the list as you read the novel.
11. Why does Avalon stretch the truth when she tells her friends about her life in the country?
12. By the end of the hockey tryouts, Avalon describes her first day at
Westerly High School as, ‘the worst day of my life’. Make a list of events that have brought her to this decision.
13. How does Avalon unintentionally manage to alienate herself further from Alice and her gang in both English and Science?
14. Describe Sukey’s reaction to Avalon’s knowledge of Animal Farm.
15. Describe Avalon’s reaction to the blog entries she reads. How would you react under the same circumstances?
16. Who do you think is responsible for the blog entries at this point in the story? What would motivate somebody to behave in
PROCESS WORK: Demonstrate your understanding of the novel by answering the following questions in your journal. Where possible support your ideas with references from the text. Include page numbers for future use.
1. How is the use of the pseudonym ‘Afriend’ ironic?
2. What is a blog page?
3. Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from A Friend, what does this suggest about her character?
4. How is the chapter title ‘The A-Bomb’ significant to events that take place? 5. What attitudes and values do Avalon’s parents have regarding education and family life?
6. Avalon is anxious about starting at Westerly High School do you think she has cause for concern? How are new students treated at your school? Does appearance matter?
7. Compare and contrast Caleb and Mitch. Predict the role each may play as the novel develops.
8. Describe the group of misfits that befriend Avalon.
9. Why was Avalon’s bag sabotaged following the netball match?
10. The school is divided by a social hierarchy. Make a table with the headings A group, B group, C group, and Z group. Under each heading list the students appropriate to the group that have been mentioned so far. Add to the list as you read the novel.
11. Why does Avalon stretch the truth when she tells her friends about her life in the country?
12. By the end of the hockey tryouts, Avalon describes her first day at
Westerly High School as, ‘the worst day of my life’. Make a list of events that have brought her to this decision.
13. How does Avalon unintentionally manage to alienate herself further from Alice and her gang in both English and Science?
14. Describe Sukey’s reaction to Avalon’s knowledge of Animal Farm.
15. Describe Avalon’s reaction to the blog entries she reads. How would you react under the same circumstances?
16. Who do you think is responsible for the blog entries at this point in the story? What would motivate somebody to behave in