Isaac Nichols Book Report on "Night of the Living Dummy"

Name: Isaac Nichols

Title of Book: The Night of The Living Dummy

Author: R.L Stine

What was the problem in the book, and how was it solved? Be specific.

The problem in the story was that a dummy/ventriloquist puppet named Slappy was found
in a dumpster.  A girl named Lindy finds Slappy. Her twin sister is Kris, she gets jealous of
her sister and begs her parents to buy her a dummy.  Her dummy is called Mr. Wood. She
finds a little slip of paper in his suit pocket. It says magic words that brings the dummy to life
and now kris and Lindy are his slaves for life.  But the to twin sisters destroy the dummy by
him getting ran over by a steamroller. They thought that all of the crazy nonsense was over,
but they were wrong because they forgot that Slappy was alive and the story continues.

What was the author's purpose or purposes in writing the book? Explain how you know.

The author's purpose of this story is to scare the living daylights out of you!

What did the title have to do with the book?

The title told me that there was going to have a dummy/doll in it.

Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. Be specific.

The setting was mostly in a really dark room which made a huge impact on the story by making it
really creepy because it is in the dark.

If one of the characters visited our classroom, what question would you ask them? (Make sure the question relates to the plot/problem/actions of the story.) *Give the name of the character with the question!!*

When you tackled Mr. Wood and fell down the stairs, did it scare the way he almost killed
Barky, the dog?

Pretend you are a librarian recommending the book to someone. Write a paragraph telling what you would say.

I think that this book was quite interesting and I believe that if you are a person that likes thrills and
scary situations.  Then you should try to read this amazing book.

 

If they made a movie of this book, which scene would be most important to include. Explain the scene with details and why it's important.

The scene how Mr. Wood would be a most have scene to include in the movie because it tells you
how Mr. Wood was taken out.  The scene would have Mr. Wood running away from Kris and Lindy
and trying to make them his slave for life, but he would accidentally run it a steamroller and get
crushed to death.