Session #2 - Mastermind Questions

Session #2 Questions:

Meeting Friday at 11:15 - 11:45.  Read through p. 210.

1. What is the hardest thing for the kids to accept when they realize their “parents” are not truly their parents? Discuss the meaning of love as it affects each of them—Eli, Malik, Hector, Tori, and Amber—in thinking about their families.  Be sure to supply specific parts of the book that show this.

2. Discuss the concept of lying as it relates to life in Serenity. Why do adults stress honesty so strongly? How do Eli and his friends feel when they learn the entire society is based on lies and no one has been truly honest with them?

3. Why does Eli feel he can trust Mrs. Delaney? Why does she come to find him when the kids first try to leave town? Why doesn’t she report their attempted escape to her husband or the other adults?

4. Characterization - How have the characters changed over the course of the book?  State some specific points where the characters developed and changed.  What caused them to change?