Study Guide
by Tami S. Blauser

Introduction to this Study Guide: This is a companion Study Guide to the book The Stranger at Home: A Childhood Account (SAT Publications reproduction.) It was published separately from; but, as an aid to more thoroughly understanding and enjoying The Stranger at Home.

How to Use this Study Guide:
This Study Guide is in consumable workbook form. After reading each chapter of The Stranger at Home this Study Guide provides the reader with questions and answers for review, thought, or discussion. The questions are meant to stretch the thoughts of all ages who use it. The questions graduate in difficulty. Whether you use this Study Guide as part of a curriculum for reading in your home school or as an aid to discussion at family worship, the questions are meant to focus the reader on the Scriptural truths that can be gleaned from The Stranger at Home. To complete this Study Guide, you will need the Scripture, a pencil, and The Stranger at Home (SAT Publications reproduction.)e, God

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The questions in the study guide are meant to stretch the thoughts of all ages who use it.

Excerpts
Excerpts
Each Study Guide chapter mirrors The Stranger at Home and has five sections:

Section A is a comprehension test. This may be used to quiz the reader's ability to understand what the author has written in each chapter. It can be used as an actual test or as just a reminder of the content of each chapter, preparing the reader for the study questions in sections B, C, or D.

Section B is a series of questions directed toward the youngest reader. These questions are intended to be thought provoking whether it was read aloud or the young reader read it for himself. This section has been structured for the student to fill in the blanks or easily complete other elementary level exercises.

Section C is a series of questions directed toward the middle school or high school reader. These questions can be simply answered (space in the Study Guide is intended for this purpose) or, these questions can be used as a starting point for an essay.

Section D is a series of questions for the family, the study group, or the class to think about together. This section does not leave room for writing in the workbook as it is intended that the readers discuss it together. However, these questions may also be used as essay assignments for the advanced reader.

Section E is a list of Scriptural references. The list is organized in index fashion, designed to aid in identifying a portion of Scripture that verifies the author's statement. Thereby, the user having found a statement in question can look up a Scripture reference by page number first, then identifying the line number. These references are not all inclusive. They merely give the user of this Study Guide a point of reference and starting place for their own research.

There is an Answer Key at the back of the workbook. Answers are followed by page numbers from The Stranger at Home, where appropriate, for easy reference.

A. Comprehension Test
Fill in the blanks.

1. In God's providence, "my _____________ ______________ suddenly appeared before me, with a ______________ in his hand."
2. "they were not ___________ enough; I should have had ____________... I replied, _____________ and ______________ with _____________."
3. "___________ Edmund! _____________ brother! what do I ________ to his _______________ on that occasion!"

B. Study Questions for Grammar School Students
Just for fun, use the two clues below to help you figure out the following phrase.

Clue: One of the words is "where the heart is."
Clue: Elvira describes this word as: "unhappy" "not as a child" "not corrected" "miserable."
___ ___ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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Answer the following questions.

1. Tell how the title of this book relates to events in this portion of the narrative. _____________________________________________________________________
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2. When Edmund finds Elvira in the woods, he says, "you seem alarmed." He thinks something has frightened her. Has something frightened her? ___________________

3. On page 48, Edmund reiterates father's decision. Reread father's declaration on page 28. Has Edmund faithfully retold what father had said? ________________________

C. Study Questions for Secondary Education Students
Answer the following questions.

1. Who would you rather have as a friend Mrs. Pelham or Edmund? Support your view from details in the story and Scripture references.

2. Edmund shows a great deal of restraint (God given strength and maturity) not to push Elvira away in a boyish manner and not succumbing to her tears by showing emotion in his voice or action. If you are an older brother or sister, do you ask God for a measure of His grace when trials like these come upon you?

3. Reread the last paragraph on page 50. How does Elvira's refusing to be taught, and insisting on teaching the teacher a better way, "come to the same thing?"

D. Family Devotion and Group Study Questions
For Discussion.

1. "Really, Edmund, I don't understand you."Elvira is exasperated! Exasperation is a natural response to what sin?

2. At the top of page 50, Edmund reminds Elvira that she has food, and clothing, and "all" she wants. What more could she need? What more does she think she needs? Are the answers to these two questions the same?

3. Many children on welfare and children in castles do not have all they need. This can be the fault of the parent, for not providing instruction, advice or chastisement; or, it can be the fault of the child, for not valuing instruction, throwing away advice, and despising chastisement. Evaluate some children around you, who seem to lack all they need.

E. Scriptural References for Research and Study

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