English 1 SE Reading Guide: The Body of Christopher Creed

English 1SE Reading Guide: “The Body of Christopher Creed”
Directions: Fill in this reading guide as you read referring to the pages listed with each question.
1. Who is narrating the story?
2. What school does Torey attend senior year? (page 1)
3. Describe Victor “Torey” Adams. (page 5)
4. What was the weirdest fact about Chris Creeds’ disappearance? (page 12)
5. How do people know that Chris was not abducted? (page 13)
6. How does Torey describe the behavior of the “small town” people? (page 20)
7. Who are the members of Torey’s band?
8. What happened to Christopher Creed? (page 21)
9. What rumor leaked out about what may have happened to Chris? (page 22)
10. Who did Chris send his note to? What did the note reveal? (page 23)
11. Who are the boons? (page 26)
12. The boons would beat up kids that were weird or had a big mouth. What did Bo Richardson (one of the real scary boons) do to Chris Creed? (page 26)
13. What happened between Torey and Chris Creed in the 6th grade? (page 30)
14. What did the kids do to Creed when they caught him sucking his thumb? (pages 30-31)
15. What do Torey’s parents do for a living? (page 35-36)
16. What do Alex’s parents do for a living? (page 36)
17. What do Ryan’s parents do for a living? (page 36)
18. Summarize the contents of the note Chris Creed emailed to Mr. Ames. (pages 36-37)
19. What do Chris’ parents do for a living? (page 39)
20. Who is Ali McDermott? What type of reputation does she have? (page 42)
21. Ali use to hang out with Torey and his friends, she doesn’t anymore. She says she is not like them, what is she referring to? (page 44)
22. What changes has Torey noticed in Ali’s physical appearance? (page 46)
23. What does Ali share with Torey regarding Chris’ relationship with his family? (page 49-52)
24. Why does Ali want Torey to come over to her house? (page 55)
25. Who are Leandra and Renee? (page 56)
26. What is Leandra’s theory about Creed’s note? (page 60)
27. Torey’s view of “rejects” is changing. Describe this change. (page 77)
28. What makes Mrs. Creed think Chris is dead? (page 82)
29. Who does she think killed him? Why? (page 83)
30. Torey goes to Ali’s house so they can spy at the Creeds. What does Ali think has happened to Chris? (page 89)
31. Most every night Mrs. Creed searches Chris’ room. What is she looking for? Where is it hidden? (page 91)
32. What do Torey and Ali notice about Chris’ bedroom and his brothers’ bedrooms? (page 92)
33. What does Torey learn about Ali’s mom? (page 96-97)
34. Who is Ali’s boyfriend? (page 99)
35. What does Bo do when he discovers what Ali’s mom is doing? (page 100)
36. What does Bo share with Torey and Ali about his family life? (page 102)
37. What piece of evidence do the cops have from Bo’s locker? (page 112)
38. Bo is very respectful of Ali. How does he explain this behavior to Torey? (page 114)
39. What does Torey realize about Bo Richardson? (page 115)
40. What plan does Torey suggest for getting Chris’ diary? (page 116)
41. Did the plan work? Explain. Who took the diary from Chris’ room? (pages 123-124)
42. Why does Bo insist on taking the fall for the phone call and the home invasion? (page 136)
43. Who is the adult that stands up for Bo, Ali, and Torey?
44. Where do Ali and her brother stay after the incident with the Creeds? Why don’t they go home? (page 140)
45. What story about Steepleton does Torey’s mom share with the kids? (page 146-149)
46. What did Digger Haines’ dad do when he disappeared? (page 150)
47. What is Digger doing now? Where does he live? (page 151)
48. What happened to Digger’s dad? (page 151)
49. What did Bo give Torey’s mom to give to Ali? (page 155)
50. How is Torey coping with everything that is going on? (page 174)
51. How does Torey treat leandra? Why? (page 188)
52. What were the charges against Bo? (page 191)
53. Who answers the phone when Leandra calls Torey? What does she suspect? (page 192)
54. Why does Torey feel different from everyone else? (page 195)
55. How does Ali know so much gossip about her classmates? (page 197)
56. Where is Ali’s mom? (page 198)
57. What does Torey tell his friends about his feelings for Leandra? (page 206)
58. Why did Ali punch Renee? (page 207)
59. What does Bo tell Renee about her dad? (page 210)
60. Torey breaks his silence, what does he tell Chief Bowen? (page 211)
61. How did Ali respond when Torey confessed? (page 222)
62. How did the cops respond? (page 222)
63. What does Torey tell Mrs. Creed about Chris? (page 226)
64. Why is Mrs. Creed so certain that Chris didn’t write the note? (page 227)
65. Where did Mrs. Creed grow up? (page 229)
66. What does she share about her father? What is she trying to prove? (page 229-230)
67. What does Torey tell Mrs. Creed about the night of the phone call? (page 231)
68. What does Mr. Ames reveal about Digger Haines? (page 233)
69. Describe the town of Margate. How is it different from Steepleton? (page 241)
70. Who is Isabella? What is she like? (page 242)
71. What was Isabella’s relationship with Chris? (page 244-245)
72. What does the psychic tell Torey? (page 249)
73. What does she say was the cause of death? (page 252)
74. What does Torey decide to do with the information from the psychic? (page 255)
75. How did Chief Bowen react when he found out what Bo told Renee? (page 257)
76. Does Alex believe that Bo was joking about what happened to Chris? Why or why not? (page 275-276)
77. What drove Torey to stay at the burial ground? (page 283)
78. Why is Torey so certain that Chris is still alive? (page 284)
79. What happened to Torey while he was standing on the rock at the burial ground? (pages 285-286)
80. What does Torey discover beneath the rock? (page 287)
81. What is in this spot and what happens when the air gets in? (page 288)
82. Why is Torey so “out of it”? (page 300)
83. Where did Torey go after he was released from the hospital? (page 302)
84. Who does Torey run into at the mental health facility? (page 303)
85. What does he discover about people in mental health? (page 303)
86. What is “immaculate decomposition”? (page 304)
87. What happened to the body in the cave when oxygen hit it? (page 306)
88. Whose body did Torey find? (page 307)
89. Who does Leo remind Torey of? Why? (page 312)
90. What has happened to Ali and Bo? (page 315)
91. What does Renee Bowen believe happened to Chris? (page 316)
92. What does Mrs. Creed think has happened to Chris? What does Justin Creed share with the principal of the middle school? (page 320)
93. No one in Steepleton has found so much as a hair from Chris Creed’s head. What does Torey continue to do to try and find Chris?