GRADE 10
ENGLISH HL
DETAILED CHAPTER SUMMARIES
CHARACTERS AND ANALYSIS
PLOTS, THEMES, TESTS
CONTEXTUAL & ESSAY QUESTIONS
EXAM QUESTIONS & MEMORANDUMS
, THE MARK- EDYTH BULBRING
INTRODUCTION:
THE MARK IS SET IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IS
MORE DESPERATE THAN EVER.
IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVEN CHILDREN ARE FACED WITH INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, WE
MEET JULIET SEVEN- A RESIDENT OF SLUM CITY- WHO STEALS IN ORDER TO EARN HER PLACE IN
THE ‘ORPHANAGE’.
JULIET IS DESPERATE FOR TWO THINGS: TO REMOVE THE NUMBERS ON HER BACK BEFORE HER
NEXT BIRTHING DAY, AND TO DEFEAT THE ‘MACHINE’ AND SEE THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY FALL.
SHE THINKS SHE IS ALONE IN HER BATTLE TO TAKE DOWN THE MANGERIANS, BUT LITTLE DOES
SHE KNOW, THE VERY PEOPLE SHE THINKS ARE VULNERABLE AND TRIES TO PROTECT, ARE THE
(ONES WHO HAVE ALREADY SET A REBELLION IN MOTION. THE CLOCK IS TICKING- TO JULIET’S
BIRTHING DAY ON WHICH SHE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT TO SERVITUDE,) AS WELL AS TO THE
SECOND GREAT APOCALYPSE THAT WILL SEE THE WORLD, AS JULIET KNOWS IT, FALL TO PIECES.
,CHAPTER 1: THE MONSTER
THE CHAPTER OPENS WITH THE INCIDENT AT THE BEACH: JULIET AND HER FLATMATES PLAY A
GAME. THEIR HANDLER XAVIER PRETENDS TO SEE A ‘MONSTER’ IN THE WATER AND BEGINS TO
SCREAM. THIS SENDS THE POSH REVELLERS OFF THE BEACH, LEAVING THEIR BELONGINGS
BEHIND. AS THEY RUN FOR PROTECTION, JULIET AND KITTY HAVE OPEN ACCESS TO THEIR
PERSONAL ITEMS. AS THE GIRLS RUMMAGE THROUGH HANDBAGS, BEACHBAGS AND PICNIC
BASKETS, THE LOCUSTS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE TO MANAGE THE SITUATION. THEY SPOT KITTY
AND CALL OUT TO HER FOR ATTENTION- BUT JULIET QUICKLY PUTS ON AN ACT OF FAINTING TO
DIRECT THE ATTENTION TOWARDS HER, THUS SAVING KITTY.
LATER, BACK AT THEIR FLAT, WE DISCOVER THAT JULIET AND KATHERINE ARE FLATMATES, AND
JULIET IS FIERCELY ATTACHED TO KITTY, BUT KITTY (WHO IS DESCRIBED AS EXCEEDINGLY
BEAUTIFUL BUT NAÏVE) DOES NOT SHARE JULIETS AFFECTION OR DEPTH OF FRIENDSHIP. WE AS
READERS SHOULD BEGIN TO WONDER WHY…
QUESTIONS:
1. JULIET’S FIRST REACTION WHEN KITTY GETS CALLED OUT BY THE LOCUSTS REVEALS
SOMETHING ABOUT HER CHARACTER. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU THINK SHE
IS, BY THIS INCIDENT ALONE. (3)
2. THE GAME ABOUT THE MONSTER IN THE WATER SEEMS CLEVER. EXPLAIN THE GAME, AND
COMMENT ON THE PURPOSE OF THESE GAMES FOR HANDLER XAVIER AND THE GIRLS. (3)
3. DESCRIBE THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF KITTY, AND CONTRAST HER WITH HOW JULIET
THINKS OF HERSELF. (4)
4. KITTY AND JULIET COVET (PINE FOR) DIFFERENT THINGS. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE GIRLS
BASED ON THE THINGS THEY SEEM TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT. (4)
ESSAY QUESTION:
5. WE SEE SLUM CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHAPTER 1. IN AN ESSAY OF ONE PAGE, DISCUSS IN
DETAIL THE LIFESTYLE AND LIVES THE GIRLS HAVE TO LEAD BECAUSE OF THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCES. (20)
, CHAPTER 2: COWBOY
PULAKS: RICKSHAW DRIVERS
MARKET NAGS: VENDORS
THE LABORATORY: THE FACTORY WHERE ALL PRODUCTS ARE ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY WAY
OF MASS PRODUCTION.
WE MEET COWBOY- HE IS THE ILLICET TRADER WHO PAWNS STOLEN GOODS FROM JULIET FOR
MONEY. SHE IN TURN USES WHAT LITTLE MONEY SHE GETS TO BUY A FEW THINGS FOR HERSELF
AND FOR KITTY.
WE ALSO DISCOVER THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD THAT EXISTS WITHIN SLUM CITY, IN THE FORM
OF WITCH, MISTRESS HADEDA (THE TALKING BIRD) AND NELSON (THE PSYCHIC). THE WITCH
CONCOCTS MEDICINE THAT HELPS THE ORPHAN WARDEN KEEP THE CHILDREN SLEEPING AND
QUIET THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
JULIET’S TENDER SIDE IS ALSO REVEALED AS SHE PUTS EACH OF THE SMALLS TO SLEEP AT
BEDTIME.
JULIET LOVES TO READ- WE EXPAND ON THIS PASSION IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
QUESTIONS:
1. DESCRIBE WHAT THE COWBOY DOES FOR A LIVING. (3)
2. DESCRIBE THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SLUM CITY, AND EXPLAIN WHY
THEY ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. (3)
3. DRAW A CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF THE ORPHAN WARDEN USING ONLY THE MEDICINE AS A
REFERENCE. (2)
4. WE SEE A SOFTER SIDE OF JULIET’S CHARACTER. EXPLAIN HOW WE SEE IT, AND DISCUSS HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT HER AT THIS POINT OF THE NOVEL. (4)
ESSAY QUESTION:
5. TOWARDS THE END OF THE CHAPTER, JULIET IS READING PETER PAN. IN AN ESSAY OF ONE
PAGE, EXPLAIN ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH HER LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE FAIRY TALES SHE READS
ABOUT IN HER STORYBOOKS. (20)
ENGLISH HL
DETAILED CHAPTER SUMMARIES
CHARACTERS AND ANALYSIS
PLOTS, THEMES, TESTS
CONTEXTUAL & ESSAY QUESTIONS
EXAM QUESTIONS & MEMORANDUMS
, THE MARK- EDYTH BULBRING
INTRODUCTION:
THE MARK IS SET IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD WHERE THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IS
MORE DESPERATE THAN EVER.
IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVEN CHILDREN ARE FACED WITH INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, WE
MEET JULIET SEVEN- A RESIDENT OF SLUM CITY- WHO STEALS IN ORDER TO EARN HER PLACE IN
THE ‘ORPHANAGE’.
JULIET IS DESPERATE FOR TWO THINGS: TO REMOVE THE NUMBERS ON HER BACK BEFORE HER
NEXT BIRTHING DAY, AND TO DEFEAT THE ‘MACHINE’ AND SEE THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY FALL.
SHE THINKS SHE IS ALONE IN HER BATTLE TO TAKE DOWN THE MANGERIANS, BUT LITTLE DOES
SHE KNOW, THE VERY PEOPLE SHE THINKS ARE VULNERABLE AND TRIES TO PROTECT, ARE THE
(ONES WHO HAVE ALREADY SET A REBELLION IN MOTION. THE CLOCK IS TICKING- TO JULIET’S
BIRTHING DAY ON WHICH SHE WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT TO SERVITUDE,) AS WELL AS TO THE
SECOND GREAT APOCALYPSE THAT WILL SEE THE WORLD, AS JULIET KNOWS IT, FALL TO PIECES.
,CHAPTER 1: THE MONSTER
THE CHAPTER OPENS WITH THE INCIDENT AT THE BEACH: JULIET AND HER FLATMATES PLAY A
GAME. THEIR HANDLER XAVIER PRETENDS TO SEE A ‘MONSTER’ IN THE WATER AND BEGINS TO
SCREAM. THIS SENDS THE POSH REVELLERS OFF THE BEACH, LEAVING THEIR BELONGINGS
BEHIND. AS THEY RUN FOR PROTECTION, JULIET AND KITTY HAVE OPEN ACCESS TO THEIR
PERSONAL ITEMS. AS THE GIRLS RUMMAGE THROUGH HANDBAGS, BEACHBAGS AND PICNIC
BASKETS, THE LOCUSTS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE TO MANAGE THE SITUATION. THEY SPOT KITTY
AND CALL OUT TO HER FOR ATTENTION- BUT JULIET QUICKLY PUTS ON AN ACT OF FAINTING TO
DIRECT THE ATTENTION TOWARDS HER, THUS SAVING KITTY.
LATER, BACK AT THEIR FLAT, WE DISCOVER THAT JULIET AND KATHERINE ARE FLATMATES, AND
JULIET IS FIERCELY ATTACHED TO KITTY, BUT KITTY (WHO IS DESCRIBED AS EXCEEDINGLY
BEAUTIFUL BUT NAÏVE) DOES NOT SHARE JULIETS AFFECTION OR DEPTH OF FRIENDSHIP. WE AS
READERS SHOULD BEGIN TO WONDER WHY…
QUESTIONS:
1. JULIET’S FIRST REACTION WHEN KITTY GETS CALLED OUT BY THE LOCUSTS REVEALS
SOMETHING ABOUT HER CHARACTER. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU THINK SHE
IS, BY THIS INCIDENT ALONE. (3)
2. THE GAME ABOUT THE MONSTER IN THE WATER SEEMS CLEVER. EXPLAIN THE GAME, AND
COMMENT ON THE PURPOSE OF THESE GAMES FOR HANDLER XAVIER AND THE GIRLS. (3)
3. DESCRIBE THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF KITTY, AND CONTRAST HER WITH HOW JULIET
THINKS OF HERSELF. (4)
4. KITTY AND JULIET COVET (PINE FOR) DIFFERENT THINGS. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE GIRLS
BASED ON THE THINGS THEY SEEM TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT. (4)
ESSAY QUESTION:
5. WE SEE SLUM CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHAPTER 1. IN AN ESSAY OF ONE PAGE, DISCUSS IN
DETAIL THE LIFESTYLE AND LIVES THE GIRLS HAVE TO LEAD BECAUSE OF THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCES. (20)
, CHAPTER 2: COWBOY
PULAKS: RICKSHAW DRIVERS
MARKET NAGS: VENDORS
THE LABORATORY: THE FACTORY WHERE ALL PRODUCTS ARE ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY WAY
OF MASS PRODUCTION.
WE MEET COWBOY- HE IS THE ILLICET TRADER WHO PAWNS STOLEN GOODS FROM JULIET FOR
MONEY. SHE IN TURN USES WHAT LITTLE MONEY SHE GETS TO BUY A FEW THINGS FOR HERSELF
AND FOR KITTY.
WE ALSO DISCOVER THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD THAT EXISTS WITHIN SLUM CITY, IN THE FORM
OF WITCH, MISTRESS HADEDA (THE TALKING BIRD) AND NELSON (THE PSYCHIC). THE WITCH
CONCOCTS MEDICINE THAT HELPS THE ORPHAN WARDEN KEEP THE CHILDREN SLEEPING AND
QUIET THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
JULIET’S TENDER SIDE IS ALSO REVEALED AS SHE PUTS EACH OF THE SMALLS TO SLEEP AT
BEDTIME.
JULIET LOVES TO READ- WE EXPAND ON THIS PASSION IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
QUESTIONS:
1. DESCRIBE WHAT THE COWBOY DOES FOR A LIVING. (3)
2. DESCRIBE THE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SLUM CITY, AND EXPLAIN WHY
THEY ARE THE WAY THEY ARE. (3)
3. DRAW A CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF THE ORPHAN WARDEN USING ONLY THE MEDICINE AS A
REFERENCE. (2)
4. WE SEE A SOFTER SIDE OF JULIET’S CHARACTER. EXPLAIN HOW WE SEE IT, AND DISCUSS HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT HER AT THIS POINT OF THE NOVEL. (4)
ESSAY QUESTION:
5. TOWARDS THE END OF THE CHAPTER, JULIET IS READING PETER PAN. IN AN ESSAY OF ONE
PAGE, EXPLAIN ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH HER LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE FAIRY TALES SHE READS
ABOUT IN HER STORYBOOKS. (20)
