SUMMER READING 2017 Going into... 7TH GRADE - I Am David by Anne Holm- (questions attached) 8TH GRADE - I Am David by Anne Holm-(questions attached) 9TH GRADE - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson- (questions attached) 10TH GRADE- Night by: Elie Wiese -(questions attached) 11TH GRADE - Night by: Elie Wiesel- (questions attached) 12TH GRADE - Night by: Elie Wiesel (questions attached) - If you are in 10th 12 th Honors Literature, you will need to do the additional project listed after the questions. - We have a limited supply of copies of I Am David. These can be purchased for $5 on a first come first served basis. Everyone will need to purchase their own copy of Night. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is available for free download on both Kindle and ibooks. Questions for the books will be mailed with each student s report card and will be posted on the website at heirwaychristianacademy.com
Name: I am David 7 th & 8 th Grade Summer Reading Questions 1. Why doesn't David accept the man's money after he helps them? (from Chapter 3) 2. What does David know will happen to him when he runs? (from Chapter 8) 3. What does David see at the beginning of Chapter Four that he had never seen? (from Chapter 4) 4. Who does Angelo wish to marry? (from Chapter 3) 5. Who is present when the family arrives to help? (from Chapter 4) 6. How many variations of beautiful are there, to David? (from Chapter 5) 7. What does David think should have roused his suspicions? (from Chapter 8) 8. How does David cross Germany? (from Chapter 8) 9. What is David nervous of doing? (from Chapter 4) 10. What does David hear that makes him think of how a balloon must feel? (from Chapter 4) 11. What does David take pains to avoid? (from Chapter 6) 12. With which child does David feel most at ease? (from Chapter 5) 13. What does David find himself doing after he rescues the young girl? (from Chapter 4) 14. Why does David claim God is cruel? (from Chapter 7) 15. Why does David think Angelo is stupid? (from Chapter 3)
16. How does David earn money? (from Chapter 6) 17. Why does the farmer lock the stable door one night? (from Chapter 7) 18. What does Maria ask David to do? (from Chapter 5) 19. What does David avoid entering Germany? (from Chapter 8) 20. What does David realize about King's actions? (from Chapter 8) 21. Who serves the family dinner? (from Chapter 4) 22. What does the priest tell David about God? (from Chapter 6) 23. What does David say about the right of parents over children? (from Chapter 5) 24. What does David see in a newspaper? (from Chapter 6) 25. What does David do to his hair? (from Chapter 3)
Name: THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE 1. Why is Utterson concerned for Dr. Jekyll after reading his will? 2. When Utterson goes to visit Dr. Lanyon, he asks Lanyon why he and Dr. Jekyll were no longer friends. Why does Dr. Lanyon say they haven t spoken in 10 years? 3. What does a maid witness one night concerning Sir Carew? 4. How do they know it was Mr. Hyde? 5. What 2 items were found in Mr. Hyde s room once Utterson and the police arrive? 6. Describe what happens when Enfield and Utterson encounter Jekyll leaning out his window. 7. List two things that have been happening at Jekyll s house that encouraged Poole to come to Utterson s house for help. 8. What do Poole, Utterson, and Bradshaw find when Poole breaks down the door to Jekyll s laboratory? 9. Why does Utterson leave; what is he going to do?
10. What causes Lanyon to be mortally ill? 11. What led to Dr. Jekyll s duplicity of life? 12. Why did Jekyll enjoy being Hyde? What caused him to create an alter ego in the first place? 13. Why does Hyde commit suicide? 14. What morals or lessons can we draw from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Name: Night Summer Reading Questions 1. Who is the narrator of the story? What point of view is used? 2. In what year does the story begin and how old is Elie at the time? 3. When Moshe returns what story does he tell? 4. List four rules the Jews have to abide by. 5. What is a ghetto? 6. What happens to anyone who attempts to keep anything valuable in his possession? 7. What is foreshadowed by Madame Schacter s nightmare? 8. What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madam Schacter? 9. What can you say about the faith of the older Jewish prisoners? 10. When questioned by the S.S. Officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation? 11. What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved? 12. How had Elie changed in a short time? 13. What must the prisoners do as they enter the barracks? 14. What sort of identification was used on the prisoners? 15. What were the prisoner s rations at each meal? 16. Why were Jewish musicians not allowed to play music by Beethoven? 17. How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown? 18. During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from others? 19. Why didn t Elie fast on Yom Kippur? 20. Why was Elie placed in the hospital? 21. What happened to people who could not keep up with the march? 22. What was Juliek s last act? 23. When he becomes separated from his father, what is Elie s thought that he is ashamed of later? 24. What happened on April 5 th? 25. What was the resistance movement? What did they do? Honors Students will also need to write a two page report about another genocide. You may select either the Rwandan genocide, the Armenian, Cambodian, Bosnian or Sudanese genocide. Information to be included is what caused the genocide, how many people were killed, who was significant in the situation and how did the rest of the world respond to the issue.