Use these questions to guide your reading of Seizure. They will help you be prepared for class discussions, any short answer in-class writing quizzes, and the last out of class essay (OCE # 3).
PART ONE
prologue
1. What are Daniel Lowell's motivations for starting a company? What do they tell you about his personality?
2. What are Ashley Butler's concerns about his health? How will those issues limit him?
chapter one
3. What do you notice about Butler's politics?
4. What can you say about Daniel's personality?
chapter two
5. Pay attention to Daniel's personality.
6. What are Carol Manning's goals?
7. In the hearing, how does Ashley establish credibility? How does he discredit Daniel?
chapter three
8. What do you learn about Stephanie D'Agostino's personality?
9. Compare Daniel's and Stephanie's families.
chapter four
10. How does Ashley show he knows his audience?
11. Any thoughts on his offer?
chapter five
12. What does Daniel see as the advantages?
13. What are Stephanie's concerns? How does Daniel respond?
chapter six
14. What do you notice about the relationship between science and religion?
15. How does Daniel convince Spencer Wingate and Paul Saunders?
chapter seven
16. Compare the cardinal and the senator.
17. How does Ashley convince the cardinal?
chapter eight
18. How does Daniel rationalize working with the Wingate Clinic?
PART TWO
chapter nine
19. What does Daniel want? What does he think of himself?
20. What do you notice about the relationship between Daniel and Stephanie?
chapter ten
21. What do you learn about Stephanie's relationship with her mom, dad, and brother?
chapter twelve
22. What do you notice about Daniel and Stephanie and the way they handle problems.
PART THREE
chapter fourteen
23. Pay attention to Tony's personality, attitudes, and relationship with his sister.
chapter fifteen
24. Compare Stephanie's reaction to the Wingate Clinic with Daniel's.
chapter sixteen
25. What are Stephanie's concerns? What are Daniel's? How do they handle those concerns?
chapter seventeen
26. Compare Stephanie's and Daniel's reactions to Gaetano's visit. Does it change their commitment to the project?
chapter eighteen
27. How and why is Stephanie and Daniel's relationship changing?
chapter nineteen
28. What do you learn about Stephanie?
chapter twenty
29. What do you notice about Stephanie, Daniel, and their relationship during their dinner?
chapter twenty-one
30. What comments do you have about their not reporting the crime?
PART FOUR
chapter twenty-three
31. What do you notice about Stephanie and Daniel's discussion with Ashley and their exchange after the meeting?
chapter twenty-four
32. Comment on how the lack of an x-ray machine in the room was handled.
chapter twenty-five
33. How was the decision made to proceed and not take a second x-ray?
chapter twenty-six
34. How does Stephanie react to the outcome? How does Daniel react to the outcome? What does that tell in terms of each one's personality?
chapter twenty-seven
35. What was Stephanie's response to the day's events? What was Daniel's response?
epilogue
36. What do you learn about Stephanie, Daniel, Carol, and Ashley?
