The+Chrysalids+Response+Questions


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__**Chapter 1**__ 1. What is the narrator's dream? Describe it, how it was different than the narrator's world, and why it helps establish the setting of the book. 2. Who does the author meet, and what does he discover about this person? 3. What promise does David make to his friend's mother? Why is this promise important? 4. What is this society afraid of? What do they believe is behind their fear? what is the religious basis of their fears, and the rules they have made to deal with them? 5. What doubts does David have about what he has learned about his friend, and how the laws of his society apply to this situation?

__**Chapter 2**__ 1. What is the name of David's community? Who built it? What position does his family hold because of this? 2. What are the two books that are left to form the society? What kind of society do you believe this has created? 3. Who are the Old People? Over time, what happened to create the society that David, and his family, live in now. 4. The big sign that faces the main door in David's house states " WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT". What does this say about the society that David lives when it comes to ethics and morals? 5. Explain, in your own words, what the book "Nicholson's Repentances" is. 6. What are some examples of Deviations? 7. What are the differences between the liveable areas, the Fringes, and the Badlands? 8. How are the fringes people a threat to those that live in the liveable areas?

__**Chapter 3**__ 1. When Sophie says that she doesn't believe people will be able to fly, even though stories say that the Old People could, how does this show that Sophie is not the mutant people would think she is? 2. What casual remark does David make in his home that alarms his family? What is their reaction, and why is it so extreme? 3. What is the terrible, but prophetic, dream that David has the night after his remark? Explain the symbolism and meaning of the dream. Also, explain how this dream is foreboding (feeling that something bad will happen).

__**Chapter 4**__ 1. Who is Rosalind? What does Uncle Axel find out about David and Rosalind? Describe his reaction to what David is and what does he make David promise to do? 2. During the invasion of the "normal area" what is special about the prisoner who is brought to David's house? How does David's father react to the prisoner and who do you think the prisoner is when it comes to the father's reaction? 3. What argument takes place between Angus Morton and Joseph Strorom? How does the inspector of the region react to what Joseph's standpoint? 4. What is "Tribulation"? 5. Explain how the Ethics teacher describes the cause of Tribulation, other cases of God's punishment, and how people need to act in order to re-attain the Golden Age.

__**Chapter 5**__ 1. How does Joseph Strorom explain the fact that the only field with deviations in it belongs to Angus Morton? How do you explain it? 2. Why do you feel that David wants to leave with the Wenders so badly when they decide to leave the area? 3. Explain the contrast between the way the inspector handles David to the way Joseph handles David when it comes to David lying about Sophie's whereabouts. 4. Do you believe that David should feel guilty about ratting out about Sophie and her family?

__**Chapter 6**__ 1. What do you feel is ironic about the following comment by the inspector: "Loyalty is a great virture, but there is such a thing as misplaced loyalty. One day you will understand the importance of a greater loyalty. The purity of the Race." (pg. 56) 2. What happened to the ninth of David's telepathic group? What do they decide happened to him?

__**Chapter 7**__ 1. Why is the family so anxious until the inspector arrives to examine Petra, David's new sister? 2. Why do you feel The Inspector left Joseph and his family waiting to come and examine her? 3. In your own words, describe what Harriet wants David's mother, Emily, to do when it come to the two babies. 4. What happens to women that birth children that are seen as Deviations? 5. On page 73, Harriet leaves the Strorm house with a final message of what she will pray for. In your own words, what does her prayer say about the society that they are living in?

__**Chapter 8**__ 1. Why does David pray to God every night and what does he ask God to do? 2. What does Uncle Axel think of David's prayer?

__**Chapter 9**__ 1. Who is the new telepath? How do they find out about her? What is the difference between her powers and the rest? 2. Explain what society was like during Old Jacob's time, as a younger man? (starts on page 86) 3. What warning does Axel give David?

__**Chapter 10**__ 1. Why is Anne's choice is who she is marrying a particularly bad one? 2. How does Uncle Axel suggest David take care of the problem with Anne? 3. What happens to Alan and who does Anne suspect? 4. What does Michael realize about the members of the group, which could be important to their safety later in the novel?

__**Chapter 11**__ 1. What can Petra do that the rest of the telpaths can't? Think about her power. 2. What reason did Axel have for killing Alan? 3. What does the group decide to do if anyone gets suspicious and begins questioning them?

__**Chapter 12**__ 1. What news is David awoken with? 2. How does Rosalind's mother react to her departure? 3. Why are Sally and Katherine sorry to the others and what "incentive" was used against them? 4. Why are the people so eager to catch the telepaths, more eager than they would be for other mutants fleeing? 5. What warning does Michael give to David, Rosalind, and Petra?

__**Chapter 13**__ 1. What instruction does the far-away New Zealand telepath give the group? What important encouraging news does she give them? 2. Why does Petra have a hard time understanding that if they get captured, Davis must kill her?

__**Chapter 14**__ 1. Look back at the beginning of the chapter and reread the person that captures David, Roslind, and Petra. What is his take on the "true image"? 2. What opinions does the New Zealand woman express about normal people? 3. What do David and Rosalind notice about the appearance of the fringes people they meet, and how does this compare with what they had expected? 4. Why does the "elder brother" hope that Joseph Strorm is in the search party? 5. You have a choice: Based on what you have read so far, would you rather live in Waknuk or The Fringes? Why? Make sure to explain your answer.

__**Chapter 15**__ 1. Who is back? 2. How does Sophie react to the fact that David and Rosalind are in love?

__**Chapter 16**__ 2. Describe briefly the course and outcome of the battle between the fringe and normal armies. 3. What kind of craft does the New Zealand woman arrive in? 4. What sort of weapon does the New Zealand woman use?

__**Chapter 17**__ 1. How does the New Zealand woman undo the effects of her weapon? Whom does she save? 2. Describe the New Zealand woman's appearance, and suggest some possibilities as to what she might represent through her appearance. 3. What very unpleasant news does the New Zealand woman have about who can go with her? How is this matter resolved? 4. As they return to New Zealand, what recurring image does David see? What is so special about this place? How is Rosalind's personality affected? 5. What does the population's reaction to Petra confirm about Petra's importance?

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