The Pact | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Part One, The Boy Next Door: Now, November 1997 Abstract

* The Hartes and Golds are family friends of 17 years, and they meet for dinner at a restaurant on a date on which they have dinner annually.
* James and Melanie arrive first, and then Melanie's husband, Michael, arrives, and then Gus rushes in.
* Gus...
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