10. owl Rex is captured by SWoRD (South Wood office of Rehabilita-
tion and Detention). Compare the actions of SWoRD to other secret
police you have learned about in history. What historical events and
governments do the South Wood politics bring to mind?
11. Colin Meloy, the author, is also a musician and singer. He added songs to this story, particularly when the bandits and Curtis are imprisoned. What songs from your world would you share with the bandits if you had been imprisoned with them? What effect do the songs have on the spirits of the prisoners?
12.Why does Prue leave the woods? Why does Alexandra let her go? What important information does Prue learn from her parents, and why do her parents let her go back?
13. What is the importance of Septimus and enver in the story? How are they essential to Curtis’s and Prue’s success in their mission?
14. What is the difference between the inhabitants of north Wood and those of South Wood? Why are the north Wood Mystics reluctant to get involved in the struggle, and how does Prue convince them?
15. What does iphigenia mean when she says to Prue: “We break our own hearts imposing our moral order to what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos. it is a hopeless task.” Do you agree?
16. Why do the bandits ask Curtis to take the bandit’s oath? Why does he agree to take the oath? What does it mean for Curtis’s future?
17. Why is it so hard for the north Wood inhabitants and the bandits to join forces at first? How do Curtis and Prue help them to work together? What is the importance of Brendan’s and iphigenia’s lead- ership in creating the Wildwood irregulars?
18. Mac’s rescue in the end is a joint effort between Brendan, iphigenia, Prue, and the trees. Discuss how this rescue comes about from all the disparate characters working together. Can you relate this effort to similar events in history, or in your own experience?
19. Why do the residents of South Wood welcome the army of the Avians and Wildwood irregulars and join them to bring down the govern- ment? Why do they call it the “Bicycle Coup”?
20. Why does Curtis choose to stay in the impassable Wilderness? Why does Prue choose to return home? What do you think might happen in a sequel to this story?
11. Colin Meloy, the author, is also a musician and singer. He added songs to this story, particularly when the bandits and Curtis are imprisoned. What songs from your world would you share with the bandits if you had been imprisoned with them? What effect do the songs have on the spirits of the prisoners?
12.Why does Prue leave the woods? Why does Alexandra let her go? What important information does Prue learn from her parents, and why do her parents let her go back?
13. What is the importance of Septimus and enver in the story? How are they essential to Curtis’s and Prue’s success in their mission?
14. What is the difference between the inhabitants of north Wood and those of South Wood? Why are the north Wood Mystics reluctant to get involved in the struggle, and how does Prue convince them?
15. What does iphigenia mean when she says to Prue: “We break our own hearts imposing our moral order to what is, by nature, a wide web of chaos. it is a hopeless task.” Do you agree?
16. Why do the bandits ask Curtis to take the bandit’s oath? Why does he agree to take the oath? What does it mean for Curtis’s future?
17. Why is it so hard for the north Wood inhabitants and the bandits to join forces at first? How do Curtis and Prue help them to work together? What is the importance of Brendan’s and iphigenia’s lead- ership in creating the Wildwood irregulars?
18. Mac’s rescue in the end is a joint effort between Brendan, iphigenia, Prue, and the trees. Discuss how this rescue comes about from all the disparate characters working together. Can you relate this effort to similar events in history, or in your own experience?
19. Why do the residents of South Wood welcome the army of the Avians and Wildwood irregulars and join them to bring down the govern- ment? Why do they call it the “Bicycle Coup”?
20. Why does Curtis choose to stay in the impassable Wilderness? Why does Prue choose to return home? What do you think might happen in a sequel to this story?
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