The Christopher Killer - A Study Guide by Colleen Tendall |
Chapter 1 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary_ Transient- Engrossed- Conspiratorially- Macabre- 1.What is Cameryn's father's name and what is his career? What state does Cameryn and her family live in? 2.What all needed to be loaded into the back of the family's old station wagon before they went to the first crime scene? 3.What kind of books does Mammaw notice that Cameryn is reading? 4.How was Cameryn different from her father and Mamaw? 5.What will happen to the body of the transient? 6.What career does Cameryn want to explore? 7.Who is Hannah in this story? Chapter 2 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary Gurney- Quell- Lucrative- Bordello - Speakeasy- Squadron- Ambled- Taut Unceremoniously- 1.Why does Patrick tell Cameryn that she needs long gloves before they leave to go to the dead body? 2.Where did a body go if there needed to be an autopsy and why? 3.What does a "natural" in coroner's terms mean? 4.Why does Cameryn bring Vicks along to the investigation? 5.Who is Jacobs and why did he want to get the investigation at the motel done? 6.Who is Rullon? 7.What is the room like that the man who died was staying? 8.What did Cameyn find in the phonebook? 9.What is Inderal? 10.When Camryn looked in the bathtub, what bothered her the most about seeing the dead man? Chapter Three - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Emboldened Uncensored- Infinitesimal- Dismissive- Decipher Monosyllabic Conspiratorial Tousled 1.Who was watching Cameryn as she looked up after vomiting? 2.Who is Rachel? What was the one difficulty about dealing with Rachel that frustrated Cameryn? 3.Who ended up serving Justin at the restaurant? 4.While Cameryn was taking Justin's order, who came into the restaurant and what did the person say to Justin? Chapter 4 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary: Feign Festooned Perennial Karma Purgatory 1.At what age/grade did Cameryn and Lyric become friends? 2.How are Cameryn and Lyric alike and different? AlikeDifferent 3.What is odd about the Christopher Killer in the show, "Shadow of Death?" 4.Describe Adam. 5.Cameryn and Lyric invite Adam for a ride to school. Does he accept? 6. What does Adam talk about? Chapter 5 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary: Existential- Schizophrenic- Honed- Retched- Evidentiary Akimbo- Condescension 1.What did Adam and Lyric promise to Cameryn? 2.Who did Cameryn think the dead person might be? 3.What would happen to a dead body in the heat? 4.What is the difference between a white body bag and another color of body bag? 5.What is Cameryn supposed to do with cameras when she gets to the crime scene? 6.Explain why the sheriff did not turn the dead body over. 7.When Cameryn and her father arrived at the crime scene, who was there? 8.Why did Patrick want to place a paper bag around the victim's hands? 9.What did Cameryn say once the body was rolled over? Chapter 6 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Utilitarian- Petechial Ligature strangulation- Rigor mortis Patina Trajectory Cavernous 1.Why did Patrick, Cameryn's dad, feel that Cameryn was not ready to attend the autopsy? 2.What does Cameryn remember about Rachel? What had Rachel said about college? What about crying? 3.What happens when the body softened? What stage is the body in? 4.What is a diener? 5.Why does the examiner take an X-ray of the body before the autopsy occurs? 6.What were some of the tools that were in the autopsy examining room? 7.What is it that the "dragon master" or Moore does not want others to do in the examining room? Chapter 7- The Christopher Killer Vocabulary Neophyte- Unfazed- Inaudible- Tacit- Indignities apropos indecipherable 1.What did Dr. Moore look like to Cameryn? 2.What did Cameryn's father, Patrick, tell Dr. Moore when he asked for Cameryn to leave the autopsy? 3.Who says, "Stupid people believe stupid things?" 4.What does Ben say to Dr. Moore about Dr. Jewel from the show, "Shadow of Death?" 5.What items did Moore tell Cameryn to put on when he said, "Get in your scrubs?" 6.What does Dr. Moore mean when he says, "…get used to hand-me-downs?" 7.What music did Dr. Moore request during the autopsy? 8.What are the first and second things that Pat Mahoney tells Cameryn that they have to do in an autopsy? 9. What is an ABFO scale? 10.After things were removed from Rachel's body, what had to be done to each of the items? 11.What was the last item that was found on Rachel's body in this chapter? Chapter 8 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Feral- Clairvoyants Balderdash Pliable Deftly Lament Sinew Mutiny Pristine 1.What were the words on the medal that Cameryn found in Rachel's bra? 2.What does it mean for the victim to be coming out of its rigor? 3.What can a coroner do to find the approximated time of death? 4.What had the FBI told Sherriff Jacobs about the Christopher victims? 5.What did Cameryn notice about Rachel's hands just after Dr. Moore held the blue light over Rachel's body? 6.What are some things that a coroner can find out when they examine the body from the inside out? 7. What did Cameryn think that Rachel's lungs smelled like? 8.What happened at the end of chapter 8? Chapter 9 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Tremulous Tenuous Nonchalantly- Soiree 1.What did Justin say to Cameryn when she told him that he was sucking up to Dr. Moore? 2.What religion is Cameyrn? What religion is Justin? 3.We know about Cameryn's family from earlier chapters but what is Justin's family like? 4.How did Justin end up in Silverton after attending the academy? 5. Who called Cameryn on her cell phone while Justin and Cameryn were on their way back to Silverton? 6.How did Justin afford to live in New York? 7.What is the name of the artist that Justin talks about who lives in New York? Why does Justin bring this artist's name up? 8.Why does Cameryn's father hate Justin? 9.What does Cameryn find out from Justin? 10.After returning to her family's driveway, what did Cameryn say to Justin? Chapter 10 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Tacit- Unfazed Sentiment Waiflike 1.What two things had seemed unsettled in the past 24 hours to Cameryn? 2.Where is Jewel staying while he is in Silverton? 3.While Cameryn lay in her bed, what did Mammaw find out from Cameryn? Why was Cameryn acting so quiet? 4.Who was driving Lyric and Cameryn to school in a truck? Why did he drive that day? 5.What does Lyric get out of Adam for the reason he hadn't look like he had slept in days? 6. What do the other kids say when Cameryn gets to school? 7. What is the copycat killer? 8. What was the announcement that Mrs. Kellogg gave over the intercom? 9.What was Lyric's plan to help show that Adam is innocent? Chapter 11 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Incandescent- Cynical- Muumuu- 1.How did Adam, Cameryn, and Lyric make it past the front desk to speak to Dr. Jewel? 2.Dr. Jewel supposedly spoke to Rachel's spirit, when and where did this occur? 3.Why did Adam have on the same clothes from the day before? 4.What did Daphne Larson have to say to Cameryn when she first overheard her speaking? 5.What did Dr. Jewel look like? 6.What did Lyric say to Dr. Jewel when he asked why they were there on the show, " Shadow of Death?" 7.What did Dr. Jewel ask Adam? 8.What important color and numbers came up while Jewel was doing a psychic reading? 9.Who/what interruption happened while the reading was happening? 10.While Adam was being carried away by the sheriff, what did Dr. Jewel hear from Rachel? Chapter 12 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Necromancy 1.What does Mammaw tell Cameryn that she should have done instead of going to the Grand? 2.When is the show going to air on TV and what else is happening on that same day? 3.What is the Russian Doll? 4.When Cameryn asked her Mammaw about who Saint Christopher was, what was the answer? 5.Who drove up to Cameryn's house while she was talking with Mammaw? 6.Name one thing that came back on Rachel's coroner's report. 7.What's the difference between organized and disorganized killers? 8.Does Justin think that Adam is the one who killed Rachel? Why? 9.What did Rachel's blood work show on the report? 10.What did Justin find out from the coroner's report on all of the Christopher Killer cases? 11. What came to Cameryn's mind when Justin drove away when looking at Justin's license plate? Chapter 13 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary Ingot- Sallow Scrupulously Naivete precarious 1.When Cameryn caught up with Stephanie at the Grand Hotel, what did Stephanie tell her about the hotel? 2.What room of the hotel was Dr. Jewel staying in? 3.Who were the two spirits that Dr. Jewel saw when he was speaking to Cameryn at the hotel? 4.Give one thought that Cameryn had of Justin being the killer from pages 216-217. 5.What was Rachel's spirit extending to Cameryn to say that she gives you warmth and comfort from beyond? 6.What did Dr. Jewel take as he was speaking to Cameryn? 7.What is the cleansing period that Dr. Jewel needs? 8.What do you think was the piece of information that surfaced from the night stand in Dr. Jewel's hotel room? 9.After Cameryn left Dr. Jewel's room, she called the sheriff's office and asked for whose phone number? Chapter 14 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary Hackles Mausoleum Charlatan Droned Prismatic 1. What does Cameryn ask Dr. Moore? 2. What is important to know about the DMSO that has to do with the skin and an odor? 3. Does Dr. Moore help Cameryn in finding evidence that DMSO is a possible reason for Rachel's death? Why or why not? 4.How did Cameryn get the key to Dr. Jewel's room? 5.What did Cameryn find in the drawers in Dr. Jewel's room? 6.What happened to Cameryn while she was snooping in Dr. Jewel's room? Chapter 15- The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Wafted 1. As Cameryn listened from under the bed where she was hiding, what did she find out about Dr. Jewel? To whom was the first phone call he was making? 2.What was the name that Dr. Jewel gave of himself while he was on the phone? 3.What was the 2nd phone call that Dr. Jewel made? Who and what? 4.Dr. Jewel had all of his items packed in his suitcase and was leaving the room and Cameryn thought that she was safe when something happened. What happened??? 5.When Dr. Jewel found Cameryn, what did he do? Chapter 16 - The Christopher Killer Vocabulary- Ingenious 1.What did Dr. Jewel do once he was able to pull Cameryn out from under the bed? 2.What words on p. 252 did Dr. Jewel say to Cameryn that showed that he was guilty of being the Christopher Killer? 3.What did Cameryn do or say when Jewel was holding the gun to her? 4.Why did Dr. Jewel kill people? 5.How many people had Jewel kill at this time of holding Cameryn in the hotel room? 6.Who did take Rachel home on the night of her death? 7.What did Cameryn say to Jewel when he had the roofies cocktail and the gun up to Cameryn's face? 8.Why did Cameryn tell Jewel that if he shoots her, there will be blood and DNA everywhere in that room? 9.Who came to the rescue? 10.Who sent the deputy and sheriff to the Grand hotel room? Chapter 17 - The Christopher Killer 1.What is one thing that Cameryn's dad told her was well-known about fake psychics? 2.How did Jewel get out of hotels without being noticed? 3.Why did Jewel place a Christopher medal on his victims? 4.What did Cameryn's father ask him to promise? 5.Who does Cameryn want to contact now that Rachel's murder and investigation are completed? 6.What did Justin, the deputy, bring by the house to give to Cameryn (through Mammaw?) 7.What was in the package? 8.What important news did Cameryn find out from the letter? Name________________________________________________________ Test over the Christopher Killer Vocabulary: Match the words in Column A with the meaning in Column B. A B Transient 1. negative Lucrative 2. Not lasting or staying long. Festooned 3. muffled, difficult to hear Touseled 4. calm and unconcerned Cynical 5. artificial, pretend Tacit 6. decorative chain Tenuous 7. body stiffness after death Lament 8. mourn, grieve Soiree 9. tendon, ligament Inaudible 10. messy, tangled Sinew 11. implied, understood Feigned 12. to sharpen Honed 13. party, gathering Rigor Mortis 14. profitable Nonchalantly 15. fragile, weak 1.Which of the characters would be acting more like a Hippie in today's world? 2.Would you describe Dr. Jewel as a person who produces organized crime or one who produces disorganized crime? Why? 3.In the story, Cameryn was trying to understand many things in her life. She was trying to find out if she should believe in her faith, in science, and/or in the world beyond. Out of everything, what did Cameryn find that she could believe in the most? 4.Give two things you liked and two things you disliked about the book. LikedDisliked |