Now that you have read "The Seer of Shadows" by Avi, choose one of the questions below to answer. Once you have decided on a question, click on comment at the bottom of the post. Copy & paste the question into the comment box, then answer. Your answer must be detailed, explaining your thoughts and the reasons for them. After you answer a question, you are required to respond to at least one other student's answer. Share your thoughts on whether you agree with them or not, explaining your reasons.
1. Do you believe in ghosts? Do you think there are people who can see ghosts? Horace’s
initial disbelief in ghosts comes from his parents. Explain where your beliefs come
from.
2. Horace and his father consider photography to be a science. They see photographs as
factual. Do you agree? Why or why not?
3. What is the difference between science and religion? Can a person believe in both?
4. Horace decides he has to take the secret pictures Mr. Middleditch asks him to take.
Why? How do you think you would handle a situation like this one?
5. Horace has a very different relationship with Pegg than the Von Machts or Mr.
Middleditch do. Why? What makes people think differently about the same person?
6. What happens to Mr. Von Macht? How do you know?
7. Throughout the novel the author uses foreshadowing—he suggests that something is
going to happen before it happens. How did this make you feel as you read?
8. What do you imagine happens to Eleanora after the end of the story?
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