“A Kind of Murder”  - Hugh Pentecost             Name _______________________

 

Please answer the following chart while you read the story.

 

 

CAUSE

 

EFFECT

Mr. Etsweiler dies.

Mr. Warren is hired.

 

The students realize Mr. Warren is deaf. 

 

Major Durand boxes with Mr. Warren.

 

Mr. Warren saves Teddy.

 

Pentecost stand up for Mr. Warren

 

Mr. Warren looks to Pentecost for help.

 

 

 

2.  How would you describe Mr. Warren?  Give specific details from the text. 

 

 

 

 

3.  How did you feel about the end of the story?  Why did you feel that way? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Why is Mr. Warren such an easy target for the students’ pranks? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.  Why does Pentecost call what happened to Mr. Warren a murder, and is Pentecost responsible for Mr. Warren’s death?  Explain. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  On a separate sheet of paper, assume the character of Mr. Warren or Pentecost and write two brief diary entries for the night after the boxing incident and the night after the dog rescue.