| 1. | How does the author paint the picture of a new and different world? What kinds of details does she include? |
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| 2. | Have you ever had the experience of living in another country or another culture? Would you like to grow up in a country other than the U.S.? Why or why not? What would be some of the advantages and disadvantages? |
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| 3. | Rachel's parents describe to her how they met. Have your parents shared the story of how they met? |
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| 4. | If we had an influenza epidemic today, how do you think it would be different from the one in 1918? How might it be similar? |
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| 5. | Under the same circumstances Rachel faced, would you have agreed to go to England to meet the grandfather? Why or why not? |
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| 6. | Should Rachel have immeditately confessed who she really was? |
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| 7. | Is it true that "truth is very complicated"? |
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| 8. | Why is it so hard for Rachel to make friends at her new school? Would you like a friend like Rachel? |
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| 9. | Miss Ethelward, Rachel's teacher, says "What one says in anger is seldom worth saying." Do you think that's true? Why or why not? |
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| 10. | What is the meaning of the book's title? Do you think it's a good title for this story? |
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| 11. | Do you think Rachel succeeded in her dreams? |
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| 12. | What was your favorite part of the story? |
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