The Tiger Rising

By Kate, DiCamillo
Book 2011  (Buy | Borrow) 

Discussion Questions

1. Does Rob think things through? How does he do this? Does his way of thinking affect his actions toward his father, the Threemonger brothers, and his school situation?
2. Where was Rob's first meeting with Sistine? What happened during the first meeting?
3. Why was the discovery of the caged tiger so extraordinary to Rob? How did its discovery help him at the beginning of the story? At the end of the story?
4. Think about the actions of the bus driver, Mr. Nelson; the school principal, Mr. Phelmer; and the owner of the motel, Beauchamp. Did they act as responsible adults toward Rob? Explain.
5. In what ways does Willie May play a key role in the lives of Rob and Sistine?
6. Did the tiger have to be killed? If so, why or why not?

Words to Know (Quizlet)

​abiding
aspire
balled
billowed
buoyed
certificates
coiled
complicated
composed
conjured
cuffed
defiant
defiantly
doubtfully
emancipators

endangered
equation
exertion
extended
fervently
frescoes
gravelly
harbored
horizon
immortal
interact
leprosy
lurched
maintenance
marveled

materialized
metallic
miraculously
mocking
muzzle
neon
oblivious
ointment
options
palmettos
pelting
pricked
profile
prophetess
purposefully

reproachful
scrub
sculpted
shag
shards
sneered
squat
stalked
sullen
suspended
symmetry
tattered
trespassing
wary