Skink—No Surrender

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. a turtle egg thief (Chapter 1)

2. Skink (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Malley’s text claims that she has been grounded, but when Richard goes by her house, he sees that her bedroom is completely dark. (Chapter 1)

2. She asks him to wait a week before he tells her parents. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. Skink (Chapter 5)

2. ivory-billed woodpecker (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. She left the airport with a man in a white car. (Chapter 4)

2. He tells Trent that he is going camping with a friend. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-9

Reading Check

1. 72 hours (Chapter 8)

2. Silent Spring (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. He pours beer in its gas tank. (Chapter 7)

2. He is hit by a semi-truck and is seriously injured. (Chapter 8)

Chapters 10-12

Reading Check

1. in the river/the Choctawhatchee River (Chapter 10)

2. an alligator (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. Richard stole a skateboard that looked like his father’s skateboard. (Chapter 11)

2. Richard tells the captain that he will lead him to Skink’s buried box of cash in return for a ride to the houseboat. (Chapter 12)

Chapters 13-15

Reading Check

1. the bathroom (Chapter 13)

2. Tommy Chalmers (Chapter 14)

Short Answer

1. They find some of her things, including some clothing and her laptop. (Chapter 13)

2. Richard thinks this means that Skink must be dead. (Chapter 15)

Chapters 16-18

Reading Check

1. a snail shell (Chapter 16)

2. Bigfoot (Chapter 18)

Short Answer

1. The houseboat strikes a stump submerged in the river. (Chapter 17)

2. Malley thinks that she sees an ivory-billed woodpecker, but Richard thinks that it is a more common pileated woodpecker. (Chapter 18)

Chapters 19-22

Reading Check

1. Dime (Chapter 20)

2. gunshots (Chapter 22)

Short Answer

1. A wild boar chases him, and when Richard scales a tree to get away, the boar falls asleep at the base of the tree. (Chapter 19)

2. He intends to go after Tommy himself. (Chapter 21)

Chapters 23-24

Reading Check

1. a golf club (Chapter 23)

2. an anonymous stranger (Chapter 24)

Short Answer

1. They spot Tommy’s clothes in the jaws of the alligator that dragged Tommy underwater. (Chapter 23)

2. Richard believes that the anonymous donor who gave $9,000 to a scholarship in Talbo Chock’s name must be Skink. (Chapter 24)