Killing Mr. Griffin Study guide 10-12

CHAPTER TEN

1. How do Mark’s aunt and uncle feel about him?
He is never home, they hardly see him anyways
2. Why do you suppose Mark’s mother has a nervous breakdown and says she never wants
to see her son again?
She gets so upset that her husband died and she turns it around and takes it out on Mark


3. What does David’s grandmother remember about the day before that upsets David?

That he gave her jell and sat with her, He said he wasn’t’ hungry when grandma asked, then she falls asleep

4. In the conversation with his grandmother, what mistakes does David make that may hurt
his alibi?
By telling her that she had fallen asleep


5. Why does Lt. Baca ask Mrs. Griffin if there is trouble in their marriage?

To see if he might have just left and would not come back

6. What does Mrs. Griffin say that convinces Lt. Baca to begin searching for Brian?
That Mr. Griffin had told her before he left that he loved her , She told Lt. Baca that he would never run away because that’s not him, that he was excited for the baby.
CHAPTER ELEVEN

1. Why isn’t Susan surprised to hear her name over the loudspeaker?
Because she knows she is going to get caught, that she was the last person to see him and she knows she had done wrong

2. Compare Susan’s attitude toward her family at the beginning of the story with her attitude
now.
From the start she doesn’t want to be part of it and now she feels bad and wants to report it and help


3. Why does Susan agree to Mark’s lie?
Because she doesn’t want to get in trouble

4. Why does Mark want her to lie?
Cause it will lead the cops away from them for awhile

5. Do you think Mark really believes everything will be all right? Why?
Yes because he thinks his plan is flawless, that there is a woman involved so the will just let the case go.

CHAPTER TWELVE

1. What is the real reason Betsy says nasty things about Susan?
Because the night before she was crying over David being helpless and she didn’t like him pampering her.

2. Find an example of allusion in this chapter.

3. Briefly describe Mark’s mood during the burial. Jeff? David? Betsy?
Jeff, David, and Betsy felt nervous

4. Why does David recite the Lord’s prayer?
Because it brought comfort of what the pastor said in the pulpit
5. Why does Mark keep Mr. Griffin’s credit cards?
So that someone will steal it
6. Why does Mark tell them to leave the car unlocked with the keys in the ignition?

7. What mistakes do the four make burying Mr. Griffin?

8. What is the implied but not stated reason that the policeman recognizes Betsy at the
airport?
He recognize her because he was the same officers that stopped her the first time
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