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!3 <br /> ABOU <br /> THE <br /> 1. After discovering the Gog's identity,re-read Mister Grevol's AUTHL <br /> speech to Ray on p. 9. Is his advise good or bad? What <br /> does it reveal about the Gog's motives? John Claude Bemis is a former elementary school <br /> 2. A series of strange encounters led Ray to the medicine show: teacher who lives with his wife and daughter in <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. In addition to <br /> discovering Hobnob, finding the silver dagger, riding on the being a writer,John is a musician who found <br /> bear, and ultimately being rescued by Conker and Si. Was inspiration for his fiction in old-time country <br /> this luck, coincidence, or do you think the lodestone played and blues music and the Southern folklore at <br /> a role in guiding Ray through the Lost Wood? Explain. its heart. He has an undergraduate degree in <br /> education, a M.Ed in Literacy, and John is <br /> 3. Does Nel help or hinder the children of the medicine show certified to teach Academically and Intellectually <br /> by hiding the truth about the Ramblers and the Gog? Gifted Education. <br /> 4. Ray's father gave him the lodestone as a guide. What helps WOLF n <br /> you make difficult decisions and choices? THE V V F TREE <br /> 5. How does Conker change over the course of the novel SLIMMER 2010 <br /> because of his friendship with Ray? <br /> The adventures <br /> 6. On p. 156,Mother Salagi says that train tracks and Continue in <br /> telegraph lines are "walls," rather than being"bridges"to Book Two of <br /> connect people. What current technology do you feel The <br /> connects or disconnects people from each other? Clockwork <br /> 7. Both Nel and the Pirate Queen are afraid to confront the Dark <br /> Gog directly. In what ways are their motives similar and in trilogy. <br /> what ways are they different? <br /> 8. When Ray tells Nel he wants to be a Rambler on p. 259, <br /> Nel says, "It's just a matter of finding the right path and A , , , , <br /> listening to yourself." What do you think he means by this? <br /> 9. After the explosion of The Pitch Dark Train,Jolie does not <br /> return. What do you think happened to her? Speculate on includes original music by the authoy. <br /> what will happen in the next book. Listen to excerpts of it and other books <br /> 10. Ray is the main character in The Nine Pound Hammer,but at �NvNi,*7.randomhouse.com/audio <br /> who is the real hero—Ray or Conker? Explain. <br /> VVWW.JOHNCLAUDEBEMIS.COM <br />