Alone- Peril: Part 2 (192-215)

Why does any sound now make Maddie's skin jump?

• She is scared the looters are coming back to get her.

• She thinks the coyote is coming to eat George

• She thinks that her family is walking in and she doesn't want them to come back.

• She is nervous it is a storm coming through.

What does Maddie find in the mess the looters left behind?

Choose all that are correct. (3 correct)

• Gemstone Magazines

• six-pack of tissues

• handgun

• socks

How does Maddie figure out how to shoot the handgun?

• library book

• video on the internet

• watching her dad

• The looters taught her.

Why does Maddie move back to her moms house?

• its cooler for the summer

• the looters found her at her dads

• her dads house burnt up

• she went because her friend was there

Why does Maddie believe that no one would recognize her now?

• She has grown taller and weighs more.

• She has tattoos now.

• She has short spikey hair and looks wild.

• She is shorter and her hair is super long.

On page 202, Maddie states " I would give anything to have a real, live grown-up take over all the worry and fear and work that I've been doing the past and just let me fall apart."

What does Maddie mean by this? Do you ever relate to Maddie and just feel like the weight of the world is on you and you just need an adults help? Write about that experience.

When Maddie finds the model homes in the Cul-de-sac she has a panic attack. Why did she do this? What is she feeling? Do you relate?

What is the cliffhanger at the end of this section?

Sequence the events in the correct order.

• Maddie gets angry as she is going through the model homes.

• Maddie starts her period for the first time.

• Maddie goes to explore the destruction of the looters.

• A tornado happens quick and George goes missing.

• Maddie goes to the library to learn learn to shoot the handgun.

Draw a scene from this part of the book and be ready to explain the scene, what happened, etc.