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Killing Mr. Griffin Questions
**Please answer the following questions on a separate Chapter One
1. Do a character sketch of the following characters:
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2. What is the “setting” or “exposition” of the story? Remember, setting is the place where the story is set.
Chapter Two
1. Mark and Jeff talk about killing Mr. Griffin, do you think that they are serious?
Explain why you think so.
2. The discussion of Killing Mr. Griffin changes to kidnapping, what is the plan that the
three students come up with?
Chapter Three
1. What new character is introduced in this chapter? Describe her in a descriptive
paragraph.
2. Add to David’s character web, as this entire chapter is regarding him and his
personal life.
3. Why did David decide to go along with Mark, Jeff and Betsy’s plan to Kidnap Mr.
Griffin?
Use a quote from the novel to support your answer.



Chapter Four
1. Why did David invite Susan to the picnic?
2. How does Susan feel about David, give a quote from this chapter to back up your
answer.
3. What do you think happened between Mark, Lana and Mr. Griffin?
Chapter Five
**Add to your character webs; especially Mr. Griffin’s**

Chapter Six
1. Why did David’s grandmother fall asleep after she ate her jello?
2. Describe the events leading up to the kidnapping in detail. Make sure to include
everyone’s role in the kidnapping.
3. Why was Susan crying after they kidnapped Mr. Griffin?
Chapter Seven
1. Why might Betsy getting a speeding ticket be significant later on in the novel?
2. Add to Betsy’s character web.
3. What else do we find out about Mark’s old girlfriend Lana?
4. Why did Betsy really agree to kidnap Mr. Griffin?
5. “Marks voice was like a gray steel knife” - What figure of speech is this?



Chapter Eight
1. Does David have feelings for Susan?
2. Do you think that Mr. Griffin’s death was an accident? Could he have died of a heart
attack because he did not take his pills (Nitroglycerin)

Chapter Nine

1. What is Mark’s plan now that Mr. G is dead?
2. Would you say that Mark is manipulative? Why?
Chapter Ten
1. Explain what happened to Mark as a child? Do you feel sorry for him? Does his
past help to explain his behaviour?
2. Add to Mr. Griffin’s character web (Note bottom of page 121 through to 122)
3. What medical condition do we find out that Mr. Griffin has?
Chapter Eleven
1. What does Mark tell Susan to say to the police about the last time she saw Mr.
Griffin?
2. Why does Susan not want to lie to the police?
3. How does Mark talk her into lying?
Chapter Twelve
1. Why was Betsy so angry in this chapter?
2. What are they doing with Mr. Griffin’s car (be specific)?
3. What is the significance or importance of the last line in this chapter?



Chapter Thirteen
1. Explain why Susan feels a million miles away from her family now?
2. Why does Mrs. Griffin feel that Susan is lying about her last experience with Mr.
Griffin?
Chapter Fourteen
1. Who is Lana (think back to earlier on in the novel)? What do her boyfriend and her
find?
2. Why does Mark want to move Mr. Griffin’s car? What are they going to do with it?
Chapter Fifteen
1. Why did David take Mr. griffin’s College ring?
2. Describe the misunderstanding David and his grandmother have over the ring.
3. Who does Susan go to get help from regarding the ring? Why?
Chapter Sixteen
1. What else do we find out about Marks home life in this chapter? Do you think that it
is true?
2. The way that Jeff’s parents talk about “Mark shadowing Jeff” are they really seeing
the “true” picture of Mark and Jeff’s relationship?
3. Why did David’s grandmother stop going to church on Sunday’s?
4. Who is in David’s grandmother’s room at the end of the chapter?
Chapter Seventeen
1. Why are Betsy and Jeff still defending Mark even though Susan is accusing him of
murdering David’s grandmother?
2. What would you do if you got into a situation like this?



Chapter Eighteen
1. Would you have left Susan alone with Mark if you were Jeff? Explain.
2. Why did Mark kill his father?
3. Why would Susan love Mark?
4. Who saved Susan from the fire?
Chapter Nineteen
1. So why did Mrs. Griffin and Detective Baca come to Susan’s house that night?
2. In the last paragraph, it says “If she had been the Susan of two weeks before, she
would have wept”, why would Susan say this?
3. Explain what Mr. Griffin was saying to Susan in his note (in your own words) p.222.

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