TWTWB chapter 15 and 16

Chapter 15

1. . What do Ellie and Lee find in the Hermit's hut that the others don't know about?
   A metal box full of papers, letters and a medal. There is a magistrates report recommending that the Hermit, Bertram Hubert Sexton Christie, be charged with 'Willful and felonious murder' of his wife and child.
2. According to the coroner's report what are the two possible ways the Hermit's family died?

   Being shot then burnt in a fire or being burnt in a bush-fire then being shot.
3. 3. Which do you believe? Why?

   I believe that they were badly burnt then he shot them to put them out of their misery.

Chapter 16

     1. What is the Hermit's mother in law's attitude toward him as seen in her letter?

    She believes that he didn't do it. "... I believe you (the Hermit) have been a man unjustly accused..." 

     2. What does this suggest about the way in which the Hermit's family actually died?

     He didn't kill them in malice.

     3. What makes Ellie change her mind about Lee on the way back from the Hermit's hut?

    "I don't want to end up like a coroner's report." She doesn't want to end emotionless.