| 1. | What do you think made Ed pick up the gun and go after the bank robber? |
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| 2. | What would you do if you suddenly started receiving cryptic messages like Ed did? Would you tell anyone? Would you try to figure them out and do what they said? |
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| 3. | How does Ed's life change after becoming the Messenger? |
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| 4. | Who did you think was sending Ed the cards? |
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| 5. | Why were the messages written on playing cards instead of regular paper? Why the aces and joker? |
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| 6. | Why didn't Ed go to the police? |
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| 7. | Do you think Ed would have ever felt inspired to change his life if he had never received the cards? If not, would his life still have been as purposeful? |
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| 8. | What does Ed do to help Father O'Reilly? |
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| 9. | Do you think that each of Ed's tasks are equally important, or are some more important than others? |
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| 10. | What was the point of Ed's second mission for the Ace of Spades? |
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| 11. | Do you think that the sender was right to put Ed in dangerous situations? |
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| 12. | What does Ed's mother mean when she says "It takes a lot of love to hate you like this"? Do you think she did the right thing to treat him the way she did? |
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| 13. | Imagine you were in Ed's position. Which of these would have been the hardest to do? Which would have been your favorite? |
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| 14. | Who is the Messenger? Why did he do all of this? |
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