MURDER IN MONTAUK

Check Your Understanding of Chapter 3

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1. The most important thing that happens in this chapter is
   1. Charlie rents a house in Maine
   2. Charlie takes time off from his job to write a book
   3. Charlie canoes
   4. Charlie tells his editor he and Beth are separating
   
   
2. What does Elizabeth Enright mean when she says that the owners will be happy to rent to a writer?
   1. writers are quiet
   2. writers become famous
   3. writers like Maine
   4. writers are nice people
   
   
3. What do you think "the future will change everything" could mean? What might happen next?
   
   
4. Have you ever wanted to write a book? If you had a summer in the woods of Maine, what would you do? What would you write about?
   
   
5. When Charlie is canoing in the lake, what do you think he smells? Feels? Hears?
   
   
6. What do you think the house looks like on the inside and outside? Imagine and describe how you would like it to look.