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Dan GemeinhartA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. Jonathan notices that the captain is missing what body part?
2. The Admiral orders Jonathan to kneel on what hard, wooden structure upon arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys?
3. What is the name of the Admiral’s assistant?
4. In Chapter 4, Jonathan chops what vegetable to help prepare breakfast?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. At this point in the novel, what facts are there about Jonathan’s crime that sent him to Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys?
Paired Resource
Reading Check
1. Who is the only boy to object to the plan to stay on the island without adult supervision?
2. Where does Jonathan propose they store the eight dead bodies?
3. Sebastian declares that the boys are not “scabs,” as the Admiral called them, but what?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.
By Dan Gemeinhart
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