<p> McAllister Prologue- Chapter 3:</p><p>1. Why did the children tease Will Lassiter when he was young?</p><p>2. The property that Will boots the football onto is called a “derelict” property. What type of property is it if it’s “derelict”?</p><p>What context clues indicate the definition of derelict?</p><p>3. What helps Will escape the phantom in the mansion?</p><p>Chapter One:</p><p>4. What is the meaning of the word corpulence on page 11?</p><p>5. How did McAllister make his fortune?</p><p>6. How did McAllister die?</p><p>7. What section of the parking test can’t Will pass?</p><p>8. On page 15, what two things symbolize Will’s fear?</p><p>Chapter Two: </p><p>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?</p><p>10. What is all the gossip about in Red Fork?</p><p>11. What happened to the individuals that have lived in the mansion before? Be specific. </p><p>12. What is Will’s favorite musical group?</p><p>13. What does Ken, Will’s dad, do for a living? What is Ken’s most current hobby?</p><p>14. Why do Will’s parents want him to go to McAllister College? Chapter Three:</p><p>15. Why are the words on page 34 italicized?</p><p>16. What is the Daniel Bell’s tone towards Dr. Perez after leaving Stone Manor?</p><p>17. What is Will’s summer job?</p><p>18. What is the meaning of the word circumnavigate on page 36 (use the context clues and prefix)?</p><p>19. How does Will cut grass differently than the average person?</p><p>20. What happened that made Brady start to treat Will badly and for others to stop talking to Will?</p><p>21. What does Will do when Laura catches him spying on her?</p><p>22. What does Will dream at the end of Chapter 3?</p><p>McAllister 4-6</p><p>Chapter Four:</p><p>Before we even read Chapter 4, briefly identify the following characters:</p><p> 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?</p><p>2. What happened to Laura’s mother?</p><p>3. How is Will’s great grandfather, Henry Lassiter, connected to Algernon McAllister?</p><p>4. On page 49, what context clues help you figure out the meaning of the word garb?</p><p>5. What problem does Will have with Red Fork?</p><p>Chapter Five:</p><p>6. On page 54, what context clues indicate what the word jocular means?</p><p>7. Why have the Perezes moved to Red Fork?</p><p>8. What was the popular legend of the woman in gold?</p><p>9. What has happened to the ring of McAllister?</p><p>10. What does Dr. Perez want Will to do for him?</p><p>11. What is the meaning of the word thwarted on page 61?</p><p>Chapter Six:</p><p>12. What literary device is indicated by the traffic light “furiously” flashing (two possibilities)?</p><p>13. What is the meaning of the word conflagration on page 64? </p><p>14. What happened to Sal’s?</p><p>15. What was uncovered as a result?</p><p>16. How do people think Johnny Gunn smuggled his liquor during Prohibition?</p><p>17. What possession of Johnny Gunn did the authorities never find? 18. What does Ty get uneasy about around Will?</p><p>19. Find a simile on pgs. 74-75.</p><p>Chapter 7:</p><p>1. How does Will see himself in his daydream that is different than how he is in real life?</p><p>2. What does Will end up creating while mowing the woman’s yard?</p><p>3. What is the meaning of the word skulked on page 81?</p><p>Chapter 8:</p><p>4. What did Gunn use the shipyard for when he lived at Stone Manor?</p><p>5. What suspicious mark does Will notice on Laura’s leg?</p><p>6. What is Ty’s brother Ray’s tone towards his brother?</p><p>7. What is the meaning of the word acquiesce on page 90?</p><p>8. Who asks Laura out on a date? Does she accept?</p><p>9. What two sounds does Will hear in his dream?</p><p>Chapter 9:</p><p>1. What does the word trudged mean on page 97?</p><p>2. What evidence is there that McAllister died on the Titanic?</p><p>3. Dr. Perez calls McAllister a “robber-baron.” What is a “robber-baron”?</p><p>4. Why, according to Dr. Perez, have men like McAllister and Andrew Carnegie put their names on schools, libraries, etc.?</p><p>5. Other than his mysterious death, what fact about McAllister remains very puzzling to Dr. Perez?</p><p>6. What does Will hear that startles him while working on the yard? Chapter 10:</p><p>7. What is the meaning of the word supplanted on page 105?</p><p>8. Why has Laura come to see Will?</p><p>9. What does Laura tell Will that relaxes him?</p><p>10. What does Laura admit about Stone Manor on page 109?</p><p>11. What does Will teach Laura to do?</p><p>12. What does Laura realize about Will on page 112?</p><p>13. What are some strange things that have happened in Stone Manor since Laura has moved in?</p><p>14. Who does Laura believe the voice in Stone Manor sounds like?</p><p>15. The line “Will felt like a deer in headlights” is an example of what literary term?</p><p>16. What does Will dream at the end of Chapter 10?</p>