story: the chaser 1. What will happen next at the end of the story? What do you think will happen after that? 2. Explain the significance of the title “The Chaser.” 3. After the first three paragraphs, which introduce the setting and the characters, this story is written almost entirely in dialogue. How does this enhance the story? What does it add to the story? 4. What are the effects of the love potion? 5. What moral lessons can be drawn from the story? 6. How should we interpret what the old man says when he tells Alan, “Lives need cleaning.” What does that mean? 7. Interpret the following quote (what does it mean?): “Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars.” What is the old man saying about young people? 8. Why do you think the old man cryptically says to Alan, “Au revoir!” (French for ‘til we meet again)? 9. Why do you think the love potion is only a dollar? 10. If love potions were real, would you ever use one on someone? Why or why not?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.