Revision Unforgotten Coat

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

1. How old do you think Julie is when she tells this story? What leads you to this conclusion?

2. Why is Chingis insistent about his little brother’s staying with him? What does he say his reason is? Do you think that is the real reason?

3. Why do you think Chingis is so defiant about everything Mrs. Spendlove asks him to do? What effect does his defiance have on her and the students?

4. How does Julie feel when she hears Chingis say his brother is an eagle?

5. What does Chingis want Julie to do for him and his brother? Do all new students need this help?

7. What does Julie do to be a Good Guide to Chingis and Nergui? Would you have done the same? Do you think she should have done anything differently?

8. What does Chingis say is the reason he and Nergui had to leave Mongolia? Why do you think they left? p. 35

9. What are some things Julie notices about her school when she becomes a Good Guide that she hadn’t noticed before?p.44

10. What does Julie mean when she says Chingis and Nergui “were learning
themselves ordinary” (page 48)? Why does it upset her?

12. When Julie goes through Chingis’s coat pockets, what does she find? What do the items she finds make her realize about the photographs?

13. When Julie leads Chingis and Nergui back to their apartment from the beach, why does Chingis say Julie has cheated them?

14. What does Mrs. Spendlove announce to the class the next day? How did this announcement make you feel? Do you think the students felt the same way? Why or why not?

15. What does Julie notice about Chingis’s coat in the lost-and-found bin years later?

18. If students from another country came to your school, what are some things you would do to make them feel welcome?