Discussion Questions
1. What scene does the book open to?
2. The boy meets Aycliffe in the cemetery who tells him to do what with his
ox? Why? What trouble will this cause the boy?
3. The overhears a conversation while in the forest hiding, can you tell
what or who they are talking about?
4. Why does the boy have to hide in the forest after overhearing the
conversation
5. What secret does the priest tell him?
6. What happens when he tries to meet the priest the next night?
7. Does Crispin have any idea why all of this is happening to him?
8. Why does the author have everyone killed or turn against Crispin? Why
couldn't he let one villager take pity on the boy & help him out?
9. Crispin runs away from the village and comes across an abandoned village.
What happens there? |
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10. How does Crispin lose his freedom & gain his survival
all at once?
11. What does Crispin's new master think of his ignorance of the world?
12. What does Crispin find out about Bear's past? (p 83)
13. What is the first thing Bear teaches Crispin?
14. What does Bear tell Crispin about Lord Furnival? (p 91)
15. What did Crispin tell Bear about himself? (p 93)
16. What does Bear try to teach Crispin on pages 104-106?
17. What is the "rough kindness" Bear uses on Crispin? (p. 107)
18. Who's waiting for them at the bridge on the road to Great Wexly? (p.
112) Why does this make Bear suspicious of Crispin's story?
19. What does Crispin suspect when Bear reads what is on the cross? (p 118)
20. What crime is Crispin further accused of? (p 129) |
21. Why is Crispin so happy? (p 134)
22. Name a few things Bear teaches Crispin. (p 134 -136)
23. What job does Bear finally offer Crispin? (p 138)
24. What is Crispin's impression of the city, Great Wexly, in Chapter 33?
25. Instead of hiding from the guards at the gate, what do Bear & Crispin
do? (p146-147)
26. What is the advantage they have in Great Wexly that they don't in
smaller villages? (p 147)
27. What do they find out about Lord Furnival in Chapter 35?
28. What does Crispin worry about that makes Bear laugh out loud at the
Green Man Inn in Chapter 36?
29. What is special about their room at the inn (p 157)?
30. Who does Crispin see when he goes out of the inn alone in Chapter 37? |
31. Whom does he meet in the church in
Chapter 38?
32. Why does Crispin try to leave the town without Bear?
33. Who is waiting for Bear when they return to the inn in Chapter 40?
34. What are the adults talking about when Crispin sneaks downstairs in
Chapter 42?
35. Why does Crispin try to stay awake to talk to Bear that same night?
36. At the end of Chapter 42, what is Crispin worried about?
37. What job does the Widow give Crispin to keep him out of sight?
38. In Chapter 44, Crispin goes against everything Bear tells him & leaves
the inn alone once again, why?
39. Who is John Ball? What does Crispin overhear him telling the others in
Chapter 45?
40. What happens in Chapter 46? |
41. In Chapter 47, Crispin follows Bear,
what does he find out?
42. What has been going on at the inn during al this?
43. What amazing things does Crispin find out about himself in Chapter 49?
44. In Chapter 50, what does Crispin infer about the conversation he
overheard in the forest so long ago?
45. What does Crispin decide in Chapter 51 about what is to be a Furnival?
46. Why doesn't Crispin escape when eh gets the chance?
47. Why does he seek out John Ball in Chapter 53?
48. In Chapter 55, what does Crispin manage to do & find?
49. Crispin makes deal for His & Bear's lives, what is it?
50. What finally happens in Chapter 58, to Aycliffe, Crispin & Bear?
51. What happens to the cross? |
