VOCABULARY

1. Walkman (p.55)- a type of personal stereo- normally you could play a cassette or a cd

2. Mega-decibel (p.55)- a measure of sound intensity, one million decibels

3. Teleportation (p.55)- instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space

4. Sewer (p.55)- an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter

5. Soot (p.56)- a black powdery substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter

6. Dungarees (p.56)- jeans

7. Fealty (p.59)- formal acknowledgement of loyalty to a lord

8. Conceal (p.59)- hide

9. Grate (p.59)- a framework of parallel or crossed bars, used as a partition, guard, or cover

10. Retrieval (p.60)- the process of getting something back from somewhere

11. Damsel (p.62)- young unmarried woman

12. Distress (p.62)-suffering, misery, agony mean the state of being in great trouble

Discussion Questions

1. The treasure, hidden in the storm drain, “has been confirmed by visual observation.” What is visual observation? Why doesn’t Kevin just say that in simple terms?

2. Why can’t Max sleep? Give the details.

3. How are they able to get away with nobody seeing them?

4. Why don’t they just pull the cover off the storm drain? What do they do instead?

5. Where does the chapter title come from?

What type of figurative language is used ?

• .."You sound like a car wreck.."

• ..Disney World.."

Written Question

• How did the “treasure” get into the storm drain in first place?

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