Chapter Study

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╬ CHAPTER 1 ╬
SNEEZE ’N COFFIN

1. Why didn’t Tracy want her mother to marry Ralph?

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2. Explain why the hearse was just right for the snow trip.

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3. Why did people call Tracy’s family ‘The Skiing Cannibals’?

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4. Do you think Tracy should have been made to help Ralph if she
didn’t want to? Why?

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5. Why did Tracy have to stand in the trailer and pull on the rope?

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 6. Describe what happened to the giraffe on the drive to the
cemetery.

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7. Why did Ralph want to buy a penny from Tracy?

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8. What would Tracy have thought when the door to the workshop
blew shut?

9. Why did Tracy think it was her fault the corpse was alive?

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10. What do you think Mrs Tibbs would say when she found out
Fibble was still alive?
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╬ NEWSPAPER REPORT ╬
At the start of the story Sneeze ’N Coffin the reporter asked Tracy how she got
into her line of work as an undertaker. Write the newspaper report you think the
reporter would have written about Tracy.

LOCAL TEENAGER DYING TO

JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS
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╬ THE GARDEN GNOME’S STORY ╬

Where do you think Tara bought the strange garden gnome she gave her
boyfriend for his birthday? Create a prequel telling the story that comes before
Tonsil Eye ’Tis.

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