Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Chapter 6

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Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Chapter 6

1. Is Friendly a town or city?  How do you know?
2. What does the author mean on page 45, when she wrote, "I stare up into the darkness of the living room and the darkness stares back"?
3. Is Marty's family religious?  How do you know?
4. What clue on page 46, indicates whether or not Marty's family is religious?
5. What does Marty's mother mean on page 46 by, "The Bible says that the worst thing that can ever possibly happen to us is to be separated forever from God's love"?
6. Why does Marty have mix feelings about whether he lied or not to Judd Travers?
7. What question did Marty ask Jesus?
8. Does Marty's family own a telephone?
9. Who is back from Tennessee that Mrs. Howard wants him/her to visit Marty?
10. How did Marty get his sister to stop following him?
11. What was Dara Lynn's solution to handling the snake?
12. Why did Marty accept Dara Lynn's advice on handling the snake?
13. What did Marty do to prevent David Howard from visiting him on his bike?
14. What did Marty feed Shiloh that morning?
15. Who offered Marty a ride as he was walking towards Howard's house?
16. How much did Judd Travers pay for Shiloh?
17. What did Marty mean by, "I figure a dog's the same as a kid.  You don't treat a kid right, he'll run off first chance he gets, too"?
18. What did Marty learn about Judd Travers by his statement on question #17?
19. Why did Judd say, "Nobody ever felt sorry for me, and I never felt sorry for nobody else.  Sorry's something I can do without"?
20. What did Judd say to Marty when he drops him off on the road that David Howard lives?

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

1. Which are the 3 problems Marty had that he decided to deal with them one at a time?
2. What did Marty take Shiloh for breakfast?
3. Why did Marty take Shiloh for a run?
4. Where did Marty take Shiloh for a run?
5. What did Marty tell his dad he did while his father was at work?
6. What did Marty's family have for dinner?
7. Who is David Howard?
8. Who visited their uncle in Tennessee?
9. Which one of Marty's friends went to camp?
10. How many sisters does Marty have?
11. What are Marty's sisters' names?
12. What is a .22 that Marty plans to take up the hill?
13. How old do you think Marty is?
14. Do you think it is ok for a child, Marty's age, to shoot guns?
15. Who visited the family this evening?
16. What is Marty's last name?
17. What did Judd Travers want this morning?
18. What did Judd Travers catch while hunting?
19. What did Judd Travers say he'll do to the dog if he isn't a good hunting dog?
20. What did Marty's father say would happen if he shoots the dog?
21. Did Judd look worried about the Sheriff?

Shiloh by Phillis Reynolds Naylor, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3
1. What type of job does Marty's father have?
2. Where does Marty's father work?
3. What does Marty's father have for breakfast?
4. What did Marty's father drink for breakfast?
5. How many miles did the boy walk this day to collect cans?
6. What did Marty help his dad deliver that afternoon?
7. What did Marty do the next morning?
8. Who leaves a little something for Marty's dad in their mailbox?
9. Which route do Marty and his dad deliver mail to after the Sisterville Route?
10. What were the names of the two magazines that Judd Travers' was getting delivered by Marty?
11. What is Marty's father's name?
12. What does Mr. Travers do to the dogs in order for them to be better hunters?
13. What is Mr. Travers going hunting for on Friday?
14. Why doesn't Mr. Travers name his dogs?
15. What does Mr. Travers do when he wants his dogs to come?
16. What does Mr. Travers do when he doesn't need the dogs?
17. What were the names Mr. Travers has for his dogs?
18. What name did Marty tell Travers is the name of the dog he is interested in?

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Chapter 1

Book: Shiloh
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Chapter 1

1. When did Shiloh arrive to this family’s home?
2. Does Marty like fried rabbit?
3. What is a buckshot?
4. In what state do they live?
5. What does Marty take up the road and what does he do?
6. How old is Marty?
7. Why do you think the author wrote, “Never shoot at anything moving, though.  Never had the slightest wish.”?  Does the author give you a clue about how Marty feels about animals on page 1?
8. In what town does Marty live?
9. To what town is his town close to?
10. What comes to mind when you think of a town called Friendly?
11. What comes to mind when you think of a town called Sistersville?
12. Wheeling and Parkersburg, they have a small town located between them.  What is its name?
13. What was the name of the best town of the whole state?
14. How big is Marty’s house?
15. What is the environmental setting around Marty’s house?
16. What eight animals can you find around Marty’s house?
17. Is there a bridge that Marty crosses?
18. As Marty was walking along the river, what did he see?
19. What made Marty change his mind about shooting his gun that day?
20. What jumps out of the river?
21. What will happen to Marty if he doesn’t get home before dark?
22. What does Marty do to finally get the dog to come to him?
23. On page 6, Marty said it started to rain. True and False
24. Why will Marty get in trouble for coming home wet?
25. Where did Marty see the dog?
26. Whose dog does Dad say it belongs to?
27. What is the name of Marty’s grandmother that died?
28. How many television channels do they receive in Friendly?
29. What two programs were on tv?
30. What day of the week is it?
31. Why do they have preaching on tv today?