1a. What is Ken's relationship with Elizabeth?
2a. What does Ken remember as he and Elizabeth walk along the railroad tracks?
3a. What does Elizabeth tell Ken about her experience in the tunnel?
1b. What does Ken think about his responsibilities in this role?
2b. What did Ken's relationship with Jeff and Danielle seem to be like?
3b. Why do Ken and Elizabeth agree that the girls are not nice?
4a. Compare Ken's experience with his friends at the tunnel with Ib's experience in the tunnel.
4b. Do you think Ib will remember this day at the tunnel differently than Ken remembered his previous experience there? Why, or why not?
5a. In what ways does Ken let his feelings and fears control his actions? Why did he allow Ib to go into the tunnel in the first place?
5b. Imagine yourself in Ken's position. Consider the fear he's overcoming while searching for Ib. Is his fear only in his mind? Would you have been fearful?
Plot. What did you learn from the exposition of "The Tunnel"? What background information was not included in the exposition? What was the inciting incident of the story? What part of the story was the climax? How was the plot resolved?
Conflict. Consider the conflict or conflicts in "The Tunnel." What external conflicts take place? What inner struggles does Ken face?
Flashback. Locate the flashbacks in "The Tunnel." How do they help form the plot?
1. Imagine you are Ken and are faced with the decision to accept or decline a dare. As Ken, write a letter to a good friend describing what happened, the decision you made, and why you made it.
2. Imagine that you are baby-sitting a six-year-old child who wants very badly to do something you feel is unsafe. Write a paragraph describing how you would tell her no, even if she insisted on having her way.
3. Imagine you are Ken and that you've just returned home from your experience with Ib at the tunnel. Write a journal entry describing your feelings about what happened there and what it meant to you.
Writing a Paragraph. Use the following Words for Everyday Use from "The Tunnel" to write a short paragraph.
Using Commas. A comma separates words or groups of words within a sentence. Review the rules for using commas correctly in the Language Arts Survey 3.77, "Commas," and then rewrite the sentences below, placing commas in the correct places.
1. The baby-sitting course taught first aid diapering nutritious snacks and how to skip to my Lou.
2. The study of French irregular verbs for example could even seem attractive.
3. "It's quite a long way to the park" I told her.
4. She was busy dressing Francine Laurice Betty and Talking Doll.
5. With water dripping from my pants I climbed the hill.
6. Ken I want to go home now.
7. Where are you Ib?
8. No I don't want to play dolls.
