1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration? you know the feelings and thoughts . you only get what is happening to that character
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? so we know the whole story start to end
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting. murders
4. John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make three predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story.
5. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? Uses evidence from the text to support your answers.
6. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters.