| 1. | Which book did you like better? Why? |
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| 2. | Which book was more believable? |
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| 3. | Which situation would you rather choose: the asteroid or the EMP? |
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| 4. | Which girl do you think would be a better friend? Why? |
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| 5. | Did you have a problem with any of the parts of these books? Was anything too convenient? |
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| 6. | In Ashes, it’s almost two different stories. Did you like part I or part II better? What do you think will happen in the sequel? |
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| 7. | What would have been different if these stories were told by boys? |
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| 8. | How do you think you’d get by if there were no electronics? What would be the hardest thing to do without? |
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| 9. | In Life as We Knew It, Miranda and her family have to survive a nuclear winter. How would you survive that in Minnesota? Would you even try? |
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| 10. | Is there anything you would have done differently in a situation like in these books? |
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| 11. | If you knew the world was going to end (and you would probably not survive), what would you do? Where would you go? |
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| 12. | If the world was going to end and you might survive, what would you do to prepare? |
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| 13. | Do you have any kind of preparation for a disaster at home? If so, what? If not, what will you now? |
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