Chapter 9 – The Secret Passage
Matt continues his education via distant learning. He continues to have bad dreams about the dead man in the poppy fields. Matt met Maria’s dog Furball for the first time and did not like the dog because Matt was a clone and he was treated like an animal, just like Furball.
Matt begins to explore the house. He secretly listens to Felicia (Benito, Steven, and Tom’s mother) play the piano in the afternoons. He discovers she is a drunk. To avoid being caught listening, he hides in a closet where he discovers a secret passage. Over a few weeks, he explores the passage and eventually witnesses Mr. Alcaran’s father refusing his chemotherapy treatment and the Doctor giving a drug to Felicia. Tam Lin catches Matt playing the piano and discovers Matt’s talent for music. Matt is an eager learner, wanting to excel so people would love him and forget that he was a clone.
- How does Matt study? Is he a good student?
- What is the significance of being a “photograph?”
- What did Matt dream?
- Why didn’t Matt like “Furball?”
- Who is Felicia?
- What did Matt discover?
- What did Matt witness in the Secret passage?
- What did the Doctor give to Felicia?
- What talent did Matt discover he had?
- What motivated Matt to learn?
1. He studies pretty well.
ReplyDelete2. He sees himself as being a photograph negatevly because he thinks with photos, you can throw them out, burn them and/or put them away.
3. He dreamt of the dead guy in the fields.
4. Because he compares and sees himself and Furball as both being animals.
5. A heroin addict.
6. Her good piano playing.
7. The old guy screaming about surgery,
8. A heroin shot (I think).
9. A musical talent.
10. When Tam-Lin was talking to him about it.
1 Matt studies visually and he is an excellent student
ReplyDelete2 It can hurt emotionally if you felt you were a photograph that is lost or thrown away
3 About the man that needed water
4 Matt considered that he was Furball and they were basically related
5 Felicia is an old and shakey lady that loves the piano
6 A closet in the music room with peepholes
7 The Doctor trying to help Mr. Alacran's stubborn father
8 The Doctor gave Felicia a shot
9 Piano playing. Tam Lin brought it up that Matt was good with the piano
10 Matt thought maybe if people found he was smart they wouldnt treat him like a beast
1- matt studies by watching tv
ReplyDelete2- The signifignce of being a photograph realy makes you think if you are really have been thrown away
3- Matt dreamed about the man that died in the poppy feilds.
4- Matt dide not like furball becuse
Furball relates to matt .
5- Felcia is a drug addict that plays the piano.
6- matt discovered a secret passage way in the closet.
7- matt witnessed the doctor and stevens father arguing.
8- a shot that most likely had some type of drug in it.
9- The talent that matt dicovered was that he is good at playing the piano.
10- matt was motivated by learning becaus he wanted people to appreciate him.
Neat
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