After Marty asks the storekeeper for discounted food, people in the community begin leaving gifts of food in their mailboxes. How do you think the people of the community would feel if they knew that the Prestons do not really need help?
Consider a time when you kept an important secret from your best friend. Why did you keep the secret? Did your friend find out? Did the secret change your friendship? Write about what happened, and whether keeping a secret was a good decision.
Think about Marty’s deal with his mother. Should she have agreed to keep his secret from her husband? Should Marty have asked her to? Explain your answer with supporting evidence from the text.
Imagine you’re Marty. You can’t keep Shiloh, but you don’t want to give him back to Judd either. What plan would you make for Shiloh that is DIFFERENT than one of the plans Marty already came up with. Explain clearly what you would do.
Describe a time that you or someone you know got into deeper and deeper trouble by telling a lie. Discuss how you or your friend could have avoided the trouble without telling the lie.
What do you know about beagles? Write about what you know. Then, do a little bit of research about beagles and write about what you found out. Find out as much as you can so you can share it with the class!