Session #3 - Mastermind Questions

Session #3 Questions- Finish the book and prepare your answers to the questions by Wednesday, May 20th.  

1. What skill does each of the kids contribute to the attempt to find out what is really happening in Serenity? What ideas and skills do they each bring to the plan to leave the town?

2. What are the figurative and connotative meanings of language the author uses?

What are the figurative and connotative meanings of the project name, Osiris? 

Why do the kids call the Surety guards “Purple People Eaters”? 

What is the meaning of the title of the book, Masterminds? Does that word have more than one meaning in the context of the story?

3. What does Eli mean when he says, “Osiris is already over. Once you know you’re in an experiment, it’s not an experiment anymore” (p. 207)? Discuss how this moment is a turning point in the plot.

4. Discuss your experience of reading the book from five different points of view. Why do you think the author chose to tell the story through a variety of voices? How does it affect your understanding of the setting and the plot? 

5. Cloning–Miracle or Monster? Look up information about cloning to understand its scientific basis. (One possible resource: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/cloning/574603 ). What are the philosophical concerns about the science of cloning? Come up with your own opinion.

6. Nature vs. Nurture. Make a list of ways in which you might be influenced by your family background or by the environment in which you live. What do you think is most important to the development of your personality—nature or nurture?