Shades of Simon Gray Master Packet 2024 Honors
All answers should be be in complete sentences and are at least a paragraph in length. If you haven't quoted a couple things, with a page number, you should've.  By the end of the novel these answers will be a great study guide. Don't forget I.S.Q.A. method for the questions with a number in boldface.  It is the only answer I am checking for credit. Although they are all important, you only have to answer four of the boldfaced questions in total.  It is your choice and the due dates are pretty flexible.  Choose which answers could follow the I.S.Q.A. format with the largest amount of quotable material.  If you have read past the assigned chapters, and you want to include more quoted from other chapters, then feel free to do so.

I suggest completing two answers this week, and two next week.  The test on the entire novel will be after that.

Week One:

Prologue and Ch.1  

1. Discuss two different sides of Simon's personality. Use character traits with quoted supporting detail from the text.

2. Create a character chart for each character introduced. Use a whole page of paper, and leave extra room at the bottom for characters that emerge throughout the novel. Column headings should include:

Name, Character Traits, Relationship to Simon, College Prospects- (This part will be added after reading chapter six.)

3. After completing this chapter, explain what "The Project" is for these students.

Ch. 2

1. Add Liz and Courtney to the character list started in the Ch. 1 answers.

2. Explain Mrs. Rosen's History project.

3. Describe the relationship between Courtney and her father and Courtney and Simon.

Ch. 3+4

1. Describe the plan the group concocts at their meeting after school.

2. With the exception of Simon, describe how two characters of the group are handling stress during these chapters?

3. What unusual ability does Simon discover he has in this chapter?

Ch. 5+6 1. Look up the word "Rationale" in the dictionary and define it. How does Kyle rationalize the actions of "The Project"?

2. Why is it strange that Devin and Liz become friends? Give two reasons.

3. Complete the section of the character chart, where applicable, that show which colleges each teen is hoping to attend.

4. Whom does Simon meet while in a coma? What does he and Simon both see and not see.

Ch 7

1. What new problem does Devin encounter?

2. What crime does Liz commit? How does she rationalize it? How could it be significant? Hint- Three S.Q.A.'s

Week Two:

Ch. 8 

1. What causes Devin to give up on things? What things does she give up in this chapter?

2. What effect does Liz have on Simon while he was in a coma?

Ch. 9+10 

1. How do animals respond to Simon?

2. What happens after Kyle gives advice to Devin's little brother? What does this reveal about Kyle?

3. What new plague erupts in Bellehaven in Chapter 10 and how did the public respond?

4. Explain, "They know."

Ch. 11+12

1. What was Bellehaven like in 1798?

2. What deal does Devin strike on pages 194-195?

3. What do the detectives discover? (Shorter)

4. How are Kyle and Danny relieved? (Shorter)

5. How has Jessup changed? What's his story?  

Ch 13+14 

1. What sickens Simon at the start of Chapter 13? Go into detail. (Longer)

2. What truth emerges from Simon about the accident, and about the murder? (Longer)

3. Why is Simon no longer a suspect? (Shorter)

4. Which decision does each major character make? (Longer) Hint- Four S.Q.A.'s

__________April 1_________________ I.S.Q.A. Cover Sheet Evaluation and Review

__________April 2__________________ Shades of Simon Gray Study Guide.

_______Shades of Simon Gray Exam on April 3,4, or 5.  Your choice.  Grades will then close for the third term.  There is no extra credit in term four.