1. Why Did the Children Tease Will Lassiter When He Was Young?

McAllister Prologue- Chapter 3:

1. Why did the children tease Will Lassiter when he was young?

2. The property that Will boots the football onto is called a “derelict” property. What type of property is it if it’s “derelict”?

What context clues indicate the definition of derelict?

3. What helps Will escape the phantom in the mansion?

Chapter One:

4. What is the meaning of the word corpulence on page 11?

5. How did McAllister make his fortune?

6. How did McAllister die?

7. What section of the parking test can’t Will pass?

8. On page 15, what two things symbolize Will’s fear?

Chapter Two:

9. On page 20, the waitress, Delores, is described as a curmudgeon. Using the context clues in the paragraph, what is the meaning of the word curmudgeon?

10. What is all the gossip about in Red Fork?

11. What happened to the individuals that have lived in the mansion before? Be specific.

12. What is Will’s favorite musical group?

13. What does Ken, Will’s dad, do for a living? What is Ken’s most current hobby?

14. Why do Will’s parents want him to go to McAllister College? Chapter Three:

15. Why are the words on page 34 italicized?

16. What is the Daniel Bell’s tone towards Dr. Perez after leaving Stone Manor?

17. What is Will’s summer job?

18. What is the meaning of the word circumnavigate on page 36 (use the context clues and prefix)?

19. How does Will cut grass differently than the average person?

20. What happened that made Brady start to treat Will badly and for others to stop talking to Will?

21. What does Will do when Laura catches him spying on her?

22. What does Will dream at the end of Chapter 3?

McAllister 4-6

Chapter Four:

Before we even read Chapter 4, briefly identify the following characters:

a. Ty and Katie b. Laura c. Sal d. Brady e. Dr. Perez f. Daniel Bell g. Algernon McAllister 1. How does Laura help Will with the yard?

2. What happened to Laura’s mother?

3. How is Will’s great grandfather, Henry Lassiter, connected to Algernon McAllister?

4. On page 49, what context clues help you figure out the meaning of the word garb?

5. What problem does Will have with Red Fork?

Chapter Five:

6. On page 54, what context clues indicate what the word jocular means?

7. Why have the Perezes moved to Red Fork?

8. What was the popular legend of the woman in gold?

9. What has happened to the ring of McAllister?

10. What does Dr. Perez want Will to do for him?

11. What is the meaning of the word thwarted on page 61?

Chapter Six:

12. What literary device is indicated by the traffic light “furiously” flashing (two possibilities)?

13. What is the meaning of the word conflagration on page 64?

14. What happened to Sal’s?

15. What was uncovered as a result?

16. How do people think Johnny Gunn smuggled his liquor during Prohibition?

17. What possession of Johnny Gunn did the authorities never find? 18. What does Ty get uneasy about around Will?

19. Find a simile on pgs. 74-75.

Chapter 7:

1. How does Will see himself in his daydream that is different than how he is in real life?

2. What does Will end up creating while mowing the woman’s yard?

3. What is the meaning of the word skulked on page 81?

Chapter 8:

4. What did Gunn use the shipyard for when he lived at Stone Manor?

5. What suspicious mark does Will notice on Laura’s leg?

6. What is Ty’s brother Ray’s tone towards his brother?

7. What is the meaning of the word acquiesce on page 90?

8. Who asks Laura out on a date? Does she accept?

9. What two sounds does Will hear in his dream?

Chapter 9:

1. What does the word trudged mean on page 97?

2. What evidence is there that McAllister died on the Titanic?

3. Dr. Perez calls McAllister a “robber-baron.” What is a “robber-baron”?

4. Why, according to Dr. Perez, have men like McAllister and Andrew Carnegie put their names on schools, libraries, etc.?

5. Other than his mysterious death, what fact about McAllister remains very puzzling to Dr. Perez?

6. What does Will hear that startles him while working on the yard? Chapter 10:

7. What is the meaning of the word supplanted on page 105?

8. Why has Laura come to see Will?

9. What does Laura tell Will that relaxes him?

10. What does Laura admit about Stone Manor on page 109?

11. What does Will teach Laura to do?

12. What does Laura realize about Will on page 112?

13. What are some strange things that have happened in Stone Manor since Laura has moved in?

14. Who does Laura believe the voice in Stone Manor sounds like?

15. The line “Will felt like a deer in headlights” is an example of what literary term?

16. What does Will dream at the end of Chapter 10?