Yep, Brenda, that's a concern. The truth is that almost any question can be faked with a little ingenuity (as we all know, I suspect). Do you have other suggestions?

Hmm...maybe I could ask them to identify a dynamic character and describe the change they see from the character at the beginning and at the end.

Some of what they read is nonfiction, so I also need to think up some questions that will apply to things like Sedaris and Krakauer.

Mom~ma heading in Suzi's direction.

Kristin, the first thing I thought of is relationships.

* Describe the relationship between two characters in the book and how it changed/developed over the course of the book, maybe?

* Describe a character from the book, would you be friends with him/her if you met?

Mom ~ma for Suzi!mom

You all rock for giving me this feedback, THANK YOU.

Thanks y'all. We are in a Catholic hospital and there are portraits of Jesus all over the waiting room. It is kinda creepy. I can see how it might be comforting for some, but I feel like I'm being watched.

AND for whatever reason I can't get the free wi-fi to work on my home computer, only my work computer, so the stuff I had bookmarked to read and work on are not accessible. Blast.

Bunches of Mom~ma, Suzi. Plus a helping of chill-ma for you.

Thanks y'all. We are in a Catholic hospital and there are portraits of Jesus all over the waiting room. It is kinda creepy. I can see how it might be comforting for some, but I feel like I'm being watched.

Don't worry, he's only keeping an eye on Catholics. You're free to commit whatever hospital related sins you can come up with.

I didn't read any of Moby Dick past the first chapter, but I knew Mr. Berryhill's habits so I read the footnotes. I slamdunked all the quizzes and the test. Of course, I also got to read Lord of the Rings as extra credit and had great discussions with him about LotR, so it was just a matter of hating Moby Dick.

Suzi, some ~ma heading your family way. Stay sane. The ~ma should work, and all will be fine.

Continued ~ma for Sean & S, y'all are always in my thoughts.

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PixK, so if they clearly didn't read the book, but have really creative answers, do you give points for Creative Writing? Or is that a different course?

I like the questions that bring it more personal rather than the movie/actor ones. Maybe a question about what life lessons can you take from this book.

And again, I'm eating lunch at damn near 4pm. Uggg.