Prologue-Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. Abraham Portman (Prologue)

2. Nazis (Prologue)

3. Britain/Wales (Prologue)

4. The Empire State Building (Chapter 1)

5. A key (Chapter 1)

6. He is blind. (Chapter 1)

7. A tentacle-mouthed monster (Chapters 1-2)

8. Feral dogs (Chapter 2)

9. The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Jacob begins to question his grandfather’s sanity. He believes his grandfather did not tell the truth about the fairy tales he told Jacob as a child. When Jacob’s peers ostracize him for believing the stories, he rejects his grandfather’s stories as false. (Various chapters)

2. Jacob wants to understand his grandfather’s story, and Jacob’s father wants to research the birds on the island. (Chapters 2-3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. As a bunny (Chapter 4)

2. A shrunken body (Chapter 4)

3. Bogs (Chapter 4)

4. A peregrine falcon (Chapter 4)

5. Photographs (Chapter 5)

6. A girl/Emma (Chapter 5)

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