DQ's 6-12

CHAPTER SIX

1.What little things go wrong with the kidnapping?

With David’s alibi?
His grandma fell asleep

With Betsy’s alibi?
She got pulled over by a police officer

2.In what way does Mr. Griffin earn the respect of his kidnappers?


he was stubborn to ther request

3.Why is Susan especially upset about her part in the kidnapping?


she doesn’t want Mr. Griffin to get hurt and she heard him scream to her to "run" before they got him.


4.Why does Betsy say the following to Susan? “Honestly, I don’t understand you.”



she keeps crying and she wants to tell her dad

CHAPTER SEVEN
1.What do Mr. Griffin and Mark have in common?



They don’t change their mind about anything


2.Find a flashback in this chapter. What important facts about

Mark do we learn?



Landon steals a paper for and Mr. Griffin was going to tell on them for cheating.


3.What mistake(s) does Betsy make with the police officer?



by telling him about her father.



4.Why do you think Betsy participates in the kidnapping?

she wants to be with mark and wants him to think she is cute

5.Why do you suppose the incident with Shauna Berman is included?

To show that Betsy was the one everyone liked, that no one wanted to be on her bad side.

6.Who finds the container of pills? Where?

Betsy on the way up to the mountain

7.How does Mr. Griffin’s tie appear here?

Perfectly knotted

8.What does Mr. Griffin think of his kidnappers?

they are childish and sick

9.What question does David ask him?

How does it feel to be on the ground tied up

10.Who wants to let Mr. Griffin go? Why don’t they?

David and Jeff, because Betsy and mark don’t want to they want to make him beg


CHAPTER EIGHT

1.Explain, with examples from the story, how David begins to see Susan as a real person.

He sees her as a real person when he sees her crying and goes to pick her up, seeing that she cares


2.Why does David doubt that Mark and Jeff are going to release Mr. Griffin after the game?


they will be tired and hungry and end up putting it off till tomorrow

3.How does David know Mr. Griffin is dead?

he is not answering his eyes are open and he is not moving


4.What is the implied but never stated cause of Mr. Griffin’s death?

He suffocated or didn’t get to his pills in time


CHAPTER NINE

Betsy and Susan both have fathers to turn to for help. Why do you suppose Susan wants
to go to her father for help, but Betsy doesn’t suggest going to her father?

she trusts her father

What two things does Mark say that they need to do to be safe?
get rid of the body and the car

How does Mark convince Susan they need to bury the body?

that he will take care of everything that she will not have to do it

How does Mark’s father die?

there house cought on fire while he was in it

What does David’s father have to do with his decision to go along with Mark’s plan to bury the body?


they want to play it off as though Mr.Griffin left like David's dad

Why does Mark comfort Susan?

So she won't feel bad and so she won't tell her dad.

CHAPTER TEN

How do Mark’s aunt and uncle feel about him?

that he's weird

Why do you suppose Mark’s mother has a nervous breakdown and says she never wants
to see her son again?

he might remind her so much of his father



What does David’s grandmother remember about the day before that upsets David?

that he left with his friends all day and didnt come back till dinner time



In the conversation with his grandmother, what mistakes does David make that may hurt
his alibi?

he told her that she went to sleep



Why does Lt. Baca ask Mrs. Griffin if there is trouble in their marriage?

because he thinks that Mr. Griffin might have just left



What does Mrs. Griffin say that convinces Lt. Baca to begin searching for Brian?

because his wife says that the last thing he said to her was i love you

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Why isn’t Susan surprised to hear her name over the loudspeaker?

because she was thought to be the last one that saw him alive


2. Compare Susan’s attitude toward her family at the beginning of the story with her attitude
now.

at the start she doesn’t really notice how good her family is and now she is starting to see



Why does Susan agree to Mark’s lie?

Because she doesn’t want to get in trouble

Why does Mark want her to lie?

it will take the cops in another direction


Do you think Mark really believes everything will be all right? Why?


Yes he thinks his plan is flawless, that there is a woman involved so the will just let the case go.

CHAPTER TWELVE

1.What is the real reason Betsy says nasty things about Susan?

the night before she was crying over David being helpless and she didn’t like him pampering her.


2.Find an example of allusion in this chapter.


3.Briefly describe Mark’s mood during the burial. Jeff? David? Betsy?

Jeff, David, and Betsy felt nervous


4. Why does David recite the Lord’s prayer?

it brought comfort of what the pastor said in the pulpit


5. Why does Mark keep Mr. Griffin’s credit cards?

so he can mail them to a friend of his to use so they will think he ran away

6. Why does Mark tell them to leave the car unlocked with the keys in the ignition?

So that someone will steal it

7. What mistakes do the four make burying Mr. Griffin?



8. What is the implied but not stated reason that the policeman recognizes Betsy at the
airport?

He recognize her because he was the same officers that stopped her the first time