Dry

Part 1, Chapter 1-Snapshot

Reading Check

1. Garrett (Part 1, Chapter 1: “Alyssa”)

2. Herders (Part 1, Chapter 2: “Kelton”)

Short Answer

1. Kelton’s family are preppers, so when the water runs out, they are ready with a large supply of water, while most other people are desperately searching for water or something to replace it with. (Part 1, Chapter 1: “Alyssa”)

2. Although the federal government is tied up with the emergency response to Hurricane Noah, it does have water trucks on the way to California. (Part 1, Snapshot: “KZLA News”)

Part 1, Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. He has a crush on Alyssa. (Part 1, Chapter 4: “Kelton”)

2. Brady (Part 1, Chapter 6: “Kelton”)

Short Answer

1. After Garrett accidentally contaminates the family’s water reserves when he spills Comet into the tub, he is ashamed and afraid of his parents’ reaction. He heads for the house of a friend who owns a giant fish tank, thinking there will be water there. (Part 1, Chapter 5: “Alyssa”)

2. Kelton’s father refuses to help the man, who then tries to break into their home. Kelton shoots the man with a paintball and then gives him a bottle of water and tells him to leave. (Part 1, Chapter 6: “Kelton”)

Part 2, Snapshot-Chapter 11

Reading Check

1. Camille Cohen (Part 2, Snapshot 1 of 3: “Activist”)

2. How much water to share with others (Part 2, Chapter 7: “Kelton”)

Short Answer

1. Because the power plant is critical infrastructure, it receives regular water deliveries, and the plant manager, Pete, has allowed employees to bring their families to stay there, so they are getting the drinking water that the mob outside is desperate for. (Part 2, Snapshot 3 of 3: “Plant Manager”)

2. Jacqui takes the gun that Kelton is afraid to use and threatens to shoot the boy who threatened to sexually assault Alyssa. (Part 2, Chapter 10: “Kelton”)

Part 2, Chapters 12-17

Reading Check

1. They went to the same high school. (Part 2, Chapter 13: “Alyssa”)

2. To attend an HOA meeting (Part 2, Chapter 15: “Alyssa”)

Short Answer

1. Kelton suddenly realizes that his father is not superhuman and that he is terrified about what is happening. (Part 2, Chapter 14: “Kelton”)

2. The McCrackens had resources that others were desperate for, and they made no secret of it. When they would not share these resources, violence became inevitable. (Part 2, Chapter 17: “Jacqui”)

Part 3, Chapters 18-25

Reading Check

1. Dysentery (Part 3, Chapter 19: “Alyssa”)

2. Henry (Part 3, Chapter 23: “Alyssa”)

Short Answer

1. He sees it as an excellent business opportunity and a chance to further develop his business skills. (Part 3, Chapter 18: “Henry”)

2. The news coverage minimizes the seriousness of the situation. (Part 3, Chapter 20: “Jacqui”)

Part 3, Snapshot-Chapter 29

Reading Check

1. Antibiotics (Part 3, Snapshot: “13 Ridgecrest, Dove Canyon”)

2. It is a Tesla, an electric car. (Part 3, Chapter 27: “Alyssa”)

Short Answer

1. Garrett directs them to a chain-link fence, which Henry drives through so that they can get around the roadblock. (Part 3, Chapter 26: “Kelton”)

2. Henry tells Alyssa that Kelton used to spy on her because he has a crush on her. (Part 3, Chapter 29: “Alyssa”)

Part 4, Chapters 30-36

Reading Check

1. Fires (Part 4, Chapter 30: “Kelton”)

2. Comics (Part 4, Chapter 36: “Kelton”)

Short Answer

1. Since the bug-out is still locked, Kelton realizes that an outsider is not responsible. He deduces that his brother has been living there, and he realizes that no water is left. (Part 4, Chapter 31: “Jacqui”)

2. When the group opens the final box, they realize that it does not contain water—it contains brochures. Henry has disappeared, and Alyssa realizes that he must have known all along that this final box had no water in it. (Part 4, Chapter 32: “Alyssa”)

Part 5, Chapters 37-55

Reading Check

1. The truck/the truck keys (Part 5, Chapter 44: “Alyssa”)

2. Kelton (Part 5, Chapter 45: “Jacqui”)

Short Answer

1. When the group is cut off from the reservoir by the wildfire, Alyssa thinks that she might have to shoot everyone to save them from the excruciating death of burning alive. (Part 5, Chapter 54: “Alyssa”)

2. She drinks from the pools of water left on the rocks after the plane dumps water onto the wildfire. (Part 5, Chapter 55: “Alyssa”)

Part 6, Snapshot-Chapter 56

Reading Check

1. Two weeks (Part 6, Snapshot: “Disneyland”)

2. In jail (Part 6, Chapter 56: “Alyssa”)

Short Answer

1. He thinks that people are desperate for some happiness and hope, and that Disneyland represents magic and dreams to them. (Part 6, Snapshot: “Disneyland”)

2. They are waiting for a ride to the hospital because they just learned that Jacqui is recovering from her burn injuries there. (Part 6, Chapter 56: “Alyssa”)