Week 5

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Discuss The Dogs by Allan Stratton

What’s the name of the local paper?

1. Weekly Bugle
2. Weekly Cornet
3. Weekly Horn
4. Weekly Trumpet

Why does Cameron visit the cemetery?

1. He wants to check the date of Evelyn McTavish's death.
2. He wants to check the date of Frank McTavish's death.
3. He wants to check the date of Henry McTavish's death
4. He wants to check the date of Jacky McTavish's death.

Why is Hannah Fraser mentioned in the Weekly Bugle?

1. She accuses Frank McTavish of killing her friend Evelyn McTavish.
2. She accuses Frank McTavish of killing her nephew Matthew Fraser.
3. She accuses her nephew Matthew Fraser of killing her friend Evelyn McTavish.
4. She accuses her nephew Matthew Fraser of killing Jacky McTavish.

Who can be found in the attic according to Cameron?

1. Jacky, his mother and Hannah Murphy.
2. Jacky, his mother and Matthew Fraser.
3. Jacky, his mother and Mr Sinclair's father.
4. Jacky, his mother and Mr Sinclair's mother.

Cameron is trying to reconstruct the truth about Jacky, his mother, her lover Matthew Fraser, and his father. He believes Jacky’s father murdered Jacky’s mother and Matthew Fraser. What did he do with the bodies, according to Cameron?

In the book several parts are printed in italics (schuingedrukt). What are you reading when you read those parts?

You call this an ‘interior monologue’. It means that a character has a conversation with him or herself. It’s a technique writers use. What is the effect of this writing style on you as a reader?

Do ideas in someone's head always reflect the truth? What do you think? Explain your answer.

DISCUSS: One of the themes in the book is friendship and the fact that it can take different forms. 

• Compare Cameron to Jacky. What do they have in common if you think of how they feel? 
• Is there a similarity between the characters of Cameron and Benjie?
  
• Does the fact that they have this in common automatically make them friends?
  
• What was the relationship between Jacky and Arty (Mr Sinclair)?
  
• Do you think Arty felt the same way about Jacky that Jacky felt about him?