the secret lion
Interpretive Questions: Answer all questions in complete sentences. Provide quotes/textual evidence to support your answers.
1.) Why do they boys bury the grinding ball?
The reason why the kids bury the grinding ball is, because their parents would take it away if they found out about it.
2.) After they lose the grinding ball, why do the boys talk about it in “small words,…Kid words”? (p. 122)
They talk in kid words, because they do not know up how to describe it and they do not know what it is.
3.) Why does the narrator tell the story of finding the golf course years before he and Sergio find the grinding ball?
He tells the story, because they would be used to disappointment and they would know how to find it.
4.) Why do the narrator and Sergio stop going to the arroyo after they lose the grinding ball?
They stop going to the arroyo, because they do not have any more treasures there.
5.) Why does the narrator say that he and Sergio buried the grinding ball “because it was perfect”? (p. 126)
They think that everything round is perfect and it was considered their treasure.
6.) At the end of the story, why does the narrator say that the grinding ball “was the lion”? (p. 126)
The narrator says that the grinding ball was a lion, because it makes them feel like kings.
7.) What is the narrator referring to when he says that “something happened that we didn’t have a name for, but it was there nonetheless like a lion”? (p. 119)
The narrator refers to them maturing.
8.) What does the narrator mean when he says he and Sergio “solved” junior high school? (p. 120)
The narrator means that they learned that it is different then elementary school.
9.) Why does the narrator say, “Nature seemed to keep pushing us around one way or another, teaching us the same thing every place we ended up”? (p. 122)
The narrator means that you begin to see things differently as you mature.
10.) What does the narrator mean when he says, “We learned to be ready for finding the grinding ball”? (p. 126)
The narrator means that we learned to deal with surprises.
1.) Why do they boys bury the grinding ball?
The reason why the kids bury the grinding ball is, because their parents would take it away if they found out about it.
2.) After they lose the grinding ball, why do the boys talk about it in “small words,…Kid words”? (p. 122)
They talk in kid words, because they do not know up how to describe it and they do not know what it is.
3.) Why does the narrator tell the story of finding the golf course years before he and Sergio find the grinding ball?
He tells the story, because they would be used to disappointment and they would know how to find it.
4.) Why do the narrator and Sergio stop going to the arroyo after they lose the grinding ball?
They stop going to the arroyo, because they do not have any more treasures there.
5.) Why does the narrator say that he and Sergio buried the grinding ball “because it was perfect”? (p. 126)
They think that everything round is perfect and it was considered their treasure.
6.) At the end of the story, why does the narrator say that the grinding ball “was the lion”? (p. 126)
The narrator says that the grinding ball was a lion, because it makes them feel like kings.
7.) What is the narrator referring to when he says that “something happened that we didn’t have a name for, but it was there nonetheless like a lion”? (p. 119)
The narrator refers to them maturing.
8.) What does the narrator mean when he says he and Sergio “solved” junior high school? (p. 120)
The narrator means that they learned that it is different then elementary school.
9.) Why does the narrator say, “Nature seemed to keep pushing us around one way or another, teaching us the same thing every place we ended up”? (p. 122)
The narrator means that you begin to see things differently as you mature.
10.) What does the narrator mean when he says, “We learned to be ready for finding the grinding ball”? (p. 126)
The narrator means that we learned to deal with surprises.
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