Model Group C Text-Analysis Tool Passage Questions Response From: Describe Hundert’s He thinks that the gun was the only thing standing in his “After dinner I returned mood during his way of getting the headmaster position. to the assistant confrontation with The gun is the last physical reminder of the manipulation headmaster’s Ellerby and, later, as of the Senator and he has a newfound confidence with it house” to he disposes of the “that gone. month he had gun. How do these He thinks that with the gun gone there’s nothing else asked me to descriptions that Ellerby could legitimately attack. retire.” (pp. complicate or refine your understanding of Hundert? die is “The cast” comes from a Latin When he tossed the gun, he lost confidence, or phrase Why does Hundert conviction; it was like admitting that he had done meaning that a think he doomed “was something wrong or shameful. the moment [he] decision has threw the pistol in the Tossing the gun had felt good, but it made him feel like been made and water” (p. 182)? Sedgewick Bell was mocking him. cannot be changed. four o’clock Why did Hundert first Hundert and Ellerby first formed a friendship because “By that afternoon become friends with they were both lovers of history. Charles Ellerby, a Charles Ellerby at St. They loved it enough to fight for it as part of the fellow antiquarian Benedict’s? curriculum to get St. Benedict’s back on track. whose job I had How does this help The word means that the two have something once helped “fellow” decode the meaning in common. Only one of them was promoted to secure, had been of the word headmaster, and the only real thing they have in named “antiquarian”? common is their love of history, so antiquarian means headmaster.” (Hint: How is another person who studies and appreciates history. (p. 182) “fellow” used in the sentence?) The words antiques and antiquity, both begin with (Hint: What other and are related to things that are old. “antiqu” words begin with “antiqu”?)
Model Group C Text-Analysis Tool Passage Questions Response From: “After dinner I returned to the assistant headmaster’s house” to “that month he had asked me to retire.” (pp. “The die is cast” comes from a Latin phrase meaning that a decision has been made and cannot be changed. Describe Hundert’s mood during his confrontation with Ellerby and, later, as he disposes of the gun. How do these descriptions complicate or refine your understanding of Hundert? Why does Hundert think he “was doomed the moment [he] threw the pistol in the water” (p. 182)? He thinks that the gun was the only thing standing in his way of getting the headmaster position. The gun is the last physical reminder of the manipulation of the Senator and he has a newfound confidence with it gone. He thinks that with the gun gone there’s nothing else that Ellerby could legitimately attack. When he tossed the gun, he lost confidence, or conviction; it was like admitting that he had done something wrong or shameful. Tossing the gun had felt good, but it made him feel like Sedgewick Bell was mocking him. “By four o’clock that afternoon Charles Ellerby, a fellow antiquarian whose job I had once helped secure, had been named headmaster.” (p. 182) Why did Hundert first become friends with Charles Ellerby at St. Benedict’s? How does this help decode the meaning of the word “antiquarian”? (Hint: How is “fellow” used in the sentence?) (Hint: What other words begin with “antiqu”?) Hundert and Ellerby first formed a friendship because they were both lovers of history. They loved it enough to fight for it as part of the curriculum to get St. Benedict’s back on track. The word “fellow” means that the two have something in common. Only one of them was promoted to headmaster, and the only real thing they have in common is their love of history, so antiquarian means another person who studies and appreciates history. The words antiques and antiquity, both begin with “antiqu” and are related to things that are old.