Homework:
- Read chapters 1 & 2 of In the Heat of the Night and answer the focus questions below:
Focus Questions for Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 1:
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Where does the novel take place?
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Why did Sam go to the all night drive in? Who did he talk with there?
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Who was the dead man? What was his profession?
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What two neighbourhoods/districts are mentioned in chapter 1? What does this indicate to the reader?
Chapter 2:
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Who is Bill Gillespie? Why was he awakened at 4:04 a.m.?
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Where did Bill tell Sam to go? Why?
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Who did Sam see once he arrived at the train station? What was Sam's first impressionof this man?
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How did the “prisoner” react to Sam? Who, in fact, was he?