English 113
Z for Zachariah Study Questions
Chapters 11 - 20
Chapter 11:
1. Why doesn't Ann know how high Loomis's fever is?
2. What were Loomis and Edward fighting over?
3. Why did Edward want to leave the laboratory? How was this conflict resolved?
4. How do you think this changes Ann's opinion of Loomis?
5. Write a paragraph to hand in on the following: Do you think Loomis was justified in killing Edward? Is there ever a situation when killing another person is justified? Do you know of any situation like this?
Chapter 12:
6. Describe Loomis's condition.
7. Why was there a baby bird in the church? Why does Ann consider finding the bird a "good omen"?
8. Name two things Ann does to try to comfort Loomis.
9. Why does Ann feel that the way Loomis deals with his conflict with Edward may be justified?
Chapter 13:
10. What is Ann's plan to get books? What about this plan worries her?
11. Make a list of things Ann does to care for Loomis.
12. What does Ann finish doing at the end of this chapter?
13. Describe a situation from your life or the life of another person when something was accomplished to be really proud of. Explain the circumstances and the feelings associated with this accomplishment.
Chapter 14:
15. For what two reasons does Ann make a special meal?
16. How had Ann's playing the piano and reading to Loomis helped him to recover?
17. Why was Loomis upset that Ann hadn't planted the garden?
18. Give two reasons why it is so important to plant a garden that summer.
19. Why do you think Loomis was upset that Ann went to church?
20. Why didn't Loomis want Ann's help getting into bed?
Chapter 15:
21. Describe Loomis's attitude toward Ann.
22. How does Loomis feel about Ann's plan to get books?
23. Why doesn't Loomis want Ann near the safe suit?
24. Why doesn't Ann tell Loomis about what she knows about Edward?
25. What has Loomis been thinking about and planning for while he was sick?
Chapter 16:
26. Why does Loomis want to sit on the back porch?
27. What two theories does Ann have about why Loomis behaves the way he does?
28. From what career did Loomis get his experience with plastics before he went to Cornell University?
29. Why did Loomis hold Ann's hand and pull her off balance?
30. What does Ann realize about Loomis's attitude toward her, the suit, and everything in the valley?
Chapter 17:
31. What important change has taken place when Ann writes this entry in her journal?
32. How did Ann spend her day in this chapter?
33. How has Loomis's condition improved?
35. What did Loomis want Ann to read to him?
36. Why do you think he wasn't paying attention to her reading?
Chapter 18:
37. What did Loomis do that caused Ann to decide not to play the piano for him anymore?
38. To where does Ann go the next night?
39. What does Ann suppose Loomis was doing at his wagon?
40. What alerted Ann to Loomis's attack? To where does Ann run?
41. Write on the following: Have you ever received unwanted attention from another person like the kind Loomis gives Ann in this book? How did you feel? How did you react? What did you do to deal with the situation?
Chapter 19:
42. What are two things Ann does before going to the cave?
43. What startles her at the store?
44. What danger does Faro now present to Ann?
45. What arrangement does Ann decide to make with Loomis?
46. Write on the following: If you were in Ann's situation, what would you do? What is Ann doing right? What would you change in the way you dealt with Mr. Loomis?
Chapter 20:
47. What does Ann realize Loomis plans to do with Faro?
48. How does Loomis react to Ann's proposal to share the valley with him?
49. What does Loomis do to make sure he can track Ann?
50. What does Ann wish about Loomis?
51. What does Ann wonder about where Faro had been earlier?
Identify or explain the following.
52. A wife named Mary
53. three holes spaced about 2 inches apart
54. "a good omen"
55. Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
56. Ogdentown Public Library
56. The Farm Mechanic
57. boiled custard
58. "it is black with nickel trim"
59. Ann's age on her birthday
60. Ann's realization about Loomis's attitude about her and the valley
61. Ann scratches Loomis's face
62. Ann's realization as she reads to Loomis
63. Ann's ripped shirt
64. a loud thud in Klein's store
65. A green cord from a vacuum cleaner
66. Famous Short Stories of England & America
67. Ann's firewall