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Discussion Questions
Discussion guide from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers: http://www.harcourtbooks.com/images/pdf/guides/life_as_we_knew_it_dg.pdf
Includes over 20 discussion questions, activities, book description and information on the author.
More discussion questions:
- Do you think that what happened in Life as We Knew It is scientifically possible?
- What parts of the plot do you think were reasonable/unreasonable, and why?
- If you had to live in similar conditions with your family for 10 months, do you think you would all get along as well as Miranda's family?
- If you had a choice, would you choose to continue going to school or would you choose home schooling in a disaster situation?
- Why do think everyone was dying from such ailments as the flu and West Nile virus?
- Why did everyone treat Jonny so well (i.e. let him eat more than everyone else, allow him to go to baseball camp, etc.)?
- Do you think that life got back to normal after the book ends? If so, how long do you think it took for things to start getting back on track?
- What do you think happened to Miranda's father, Lisa, and their baby?
- What do you think the worst part of this disaster scenario is - running out food, being cold, being isolated from everyone, being stuck in a small house with the same people forever, having no electricity, not knowing what's going on in the world around you? Which of these conditions would be the worst for you?
- Think about where you live right now; how would you and those you live with prepare for conditions such as those faced in this novel?
- Matt was worried that someone stole their pet cat for food. Why do you think desperate people do things that they might not otherwise do? Do you think that you would act differently if in this kind of situation?
- If you were in Miranda's situation, would you stay where you were or head for somewhere else? Where would you go? Why?
- What skills do you think might be needed or useful in a post-catastrophe world?
- What do you think you couldn't live with out? What couldn't you really live with out?
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