1. Define a bully. 2. Who is a bully in the story? 3. Identify the two tactics that the bully would use towards other learners. 4. How would you describe a scarecrow? 5. Bullying occurs both at school and at home. Substantiate. 6. Explain how the title relates to the main character in the story. 7. What does the writer achieve / lessons you learned from this story? Substantiate with an example from the text. 8. Explain why 'Heavy Metal Hits' (pg. 156, line 17) is written in italics. 9. Do you have feelings of empathy towards the bully in this story? Substantiate your response. (Accept any reasonable position that a learner may present to substantiate the response) 10. The boy ends up like a scarecrow. How does this indicate the effect that nature has on his fate?