Killing Mr. Griffin Chapters 1-19 Flashcards

Because in the news report they said that the ring was missing off of Brian's hand and they did not take a ring.

Because he felt like it was his.

The phrase 'the winds of freedom blow.'

<p>Before the crime the students were free, but after the crime they're probably going to lose that freedom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She smiled because her bed was unmade.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was not dumb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ask what should be done about David, the ring, and his grandmother.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They think he is strong and special.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There were bruises on her husband and a windbreaker wrapped around him, and the name of the person who led them to the crime scene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She felt like the preacher was directing his sermon to her and her son.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She suspects something based on Susan's behavior and David's tone of voice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The funny eyes and the brown sweater that only Mark owned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy needs her to go along with her alibi and answer the phone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan didn't know Mark would kill her and David does not own a brown sweater.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy and Jeff stop her and run out to tell Mark.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, their words say they don't but their actions say they do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David has a grandma who lives with him and likes to have small chats with him. His mother is a hardworking woman who seems too busy to buy things her mother-in-law wants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David thinks he needs a good education so he can support his family later on in life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Saturdays are special for Susan because they mean she doesn't have to get up for breakfast or school.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lana is Mark's ex-girlfriend.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan thought Mark was expressionless and was fearful of him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan, Craig, and the twins are all part of the McConnell family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan believes later in life things will be different. She is not happy with her current life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David Ruggles is the senior class president, and Susan has a crush on him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David is a good student and class president. Mark is observant, crazy, and manipulative. Betsy is popular and cute.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She likes David a lot but has never talked to him, and she tries to look busy because she does not feel comfortable visiting with other students.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dolly Luna is nice and more concerned about being liked than her students' education. Mr. Griffin is a strict, harsh teacher who sincerely wants students to learn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was an allusion to 'Hamlet'. The students had to write a song for Ophelia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both are sad and alone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Dropped like feather. Showered stone to the sound below' is the metaphor comparing Susan to a bird.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People may say vicious remarks but it does not mean they are serious. This statement was too insane to consider.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The object is Mr. Griffin's pill bottle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jeff got in an argument with Mr. Griffin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mark failed Mr. Griffin's class the previous year, and Mr. Griffin made him beg to come back to class.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mark's gaze that indicates something is on his mind and that he has a plan.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mark persuades them through manipulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks he has him all figured out and uses peer pressure to get David to participate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She likes David.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The flashback goes to seventh grade and shows a self-conscious Jeff. The author includes it to show how Mark has always been the same and can manipulate people easily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He has become more violent as he has grown older.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author shows that Kathy would rather get up to make breakfast for her husband than stay in bed, even though she is pregnant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He left because the students entering his college classes were illiterate and couldn't spell anything over two syllables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr. Griffin thinks that Susan is a talented writer but is sloppy with the details.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kathy thinks that she could be a 'Dolly'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Brian tells her, 'You were Cathy: You were real - a person. All you've ever been to me is Cathy.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mrs. Griffin wants Brian to compliment Susan because he is too hard on the students and she believes that complimenting them will be good for them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She hopes that the birth of the child will make Brian a more loving man and a kinder teacher.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr. Griffin is stronger than the kidnappers expected, and Betsy gets pulled over by the policeman.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David's alibi was that he was with his grandma watching television.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy's alibi was that she was at her house eating cake and listening to music with Jeff and Mark.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The kidnappers didn't expect Mr. Griffin to be as strong as he was and expected him to be a pushover.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan was upset because she led Mr. Griffin straight to the kidnappers, and his only concern was for her safety.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Earlier, Susan was all for kidnapping Mr. Griffin, but now she doesn't want to participate. She seems sad about the situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are both stubborn and prideful, and not easily influenced by Betsy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lana steals the paper for Mark, and Mr. Griffin catches them and exposes them for cheating.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy received a traffic citation from the police officer, which invalidates her alibi.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy's participation stems from peer pressure and her dislike of Mr. Griffin, as well as wanting Mark's attention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author includes this incident to show that no one wanted to cross Betsy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy finds the container of pills on the path.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr. Griffin thinks his kidnappers are 'five-year-olds' that are ridiculous, sick, and immature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David asks Mr. Griffin what the ring with the tree is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jeff wants to let Mr. Griffin go because he doesn't think Mr. Griffin will beg.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David starts seeing Susan as a real person when he sees her crying and how much she cares for others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David knows Mark's personality and understands that Mark will not do the moral thing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr. Griffin was stiff, not breathing, and his eyes were open.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He couldn't take his pills because he was tied up and the kids didn't give him the medicine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They need to hide the car and get rid of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He tells her it will affect the people around her if they find out and that nobody will look for the body in the woods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He dies in a house fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They want to play it off as though Mr. Griffin abandoned his wife, similar to how David's father abandoned his wife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wants her to stop crying and does not want her to go to the police.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mark's aunt and uncle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They took him in after his father died and his mother had a nervous breakdown.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks Mark is weird and gives him the creeps.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That was the day David went out with the boy with the funny eyes and rode around with him and his friends.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He gets mad at her for messing up his alibi.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The detective helping to find out what happened to Mr. Griffin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Angina.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks he panicked because his wife is pregnant with their first baby and ran away from his problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To talk to Sue since she was the last person he spoke to yesterday.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan thinks she is in trouble and that they found out she helped to kill Mr. Griffin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan's attitude toward her family has worsened; she feels they would resent her if they knew her true self.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan agrees to lie for Mark because he convinces her that she is the only one the students would believe. Mark wants her to lie to deflect suspicion from himself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Betsy doesn't like Susan because she isn't doing the 'dirty' work, thinking Mark babying her.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mark thinks of the burial as just a makeshift funeral while David is going along with the plan, and Betsy is disgusted and decides to wait downstream.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David shows remorse by praying and asking for forgiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He plans to mail them to a friend in Colorado who will use them, making it seem as if Mr. Griffin is still alive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If the car is unlocked, someone may steal it, preventing links to the kids.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David places his jacket over Mr. Griffin's face and the grave was not deep enough; someone could find the body easily and identify the jacket.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The policeman recognizes Betsy as she left the car in the parking lot, which could link her to the crime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She didn't know Susan was the last person to see Mr. Griffin alive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She tells Sue exactly what she and Brian (Mr. Griffin) discussed in the conference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Susan said Mr. Griffin was wearing a watch, but his watch was at home due to being broken.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are angry at Mrs. Griffin and defend their daughter, saying that Susan doesn't lie.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She knows that David's papers flew away and that Mark copied term papers from the university.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He has been acting strange, lying, and staying out late.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lana found Mr. Griffin's pill bottle and mentioned the freshly dug-up dirt, revealing that she and Mark were the only ones who knew that spot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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