Pigman’s Legacy Study Guide
Chapters 1-3
1. In chapter 1, how has John changed since reading The Pigman?
2. What does Lorraine mean by “a time in everyone’s life when your childhood is killed”?
3. In chapters 1 and 2, how do John and Lorraine describe their relationship?
4. Who is Dolly Racinski?
5. What do John and Lorraine see in the window of the Pigman’s old house?
6. What does his house look like? Why?
Chapters 4-5
1. What were John & Lorraine doing in chapter 4?
2. Where did the old man think John and Lorraine were from?
3. Who does John and Lorraine think the man is in Mr. Pignati’s house?
4. Why did they go back to the old house after the man ran them off?
5. What did they take with them to see the man?
6. What did the man say to them at the end of Chapter 5 when they found him?
Chapter 6
1. What did the old man have hanging around his neck?
2. Who was the Colonel?
3. Why did the old man cry?
4. What is the paper pencil game the old man likes to play?
Chapters 7 & 8
1. What is the old man’s name?
2. What did he leave at his town house and wants John and Lorraine to help get it?
3. What did John do that he really wasn’t old enough to do?
4. What did Lorraine think was an omen as they were driving in the convertible with the top down while it was raining?
5. What had happened to Gus’s town house?
6. The Colonel loved what kind of animals?
7. Who was the Colonel?
8. What got into their car and left with them?
9. Who was really Gus?
Chapters 9 and 10
1. Why did the Colonel have to go to the hospital?
2. Who did John and Lorraine tell the nurse they were?
3. Why did John say his birth was an accident?
4. Why were John & Lorraine getting the old man and the dog confused?
5. Why did Dolly wear bright clothing?
6. Why did John and Lorraine want Dolly to help them with the old man?
7. Why did John and Lorraine go for a walk?
8. What was Lorraine thinking about when John was talking about Dolly and the Colonel?
9. Where did Dolly say she and the Colonel were going at the end of Chapter 10?
Chapters 11 and 12
1. What was the Colonel going to sell to get to go to Atlantic City?
2. How much money did the Colonel give John and Lorraine?
3. What was different about them accepting money this time than when they were taking money from the Pigman?
4. How much money did Dolly and the Colonel win?
5. What did the Colonel want to buy Dolly?
6. Describe the person Lorraine said was an omen.
7. What did Dolly and the Colonel want John and Lorraine to hold for them?
8. What happened to the money?
9. How did Dolly and the Colonel react?
10. Describe Dolly and the Colonel’s relationship.
11. What happened to the Colonel at the end of Chapter 12?
Chapters 13 and 14
1. Describe what was going on with the Colonel in the beginning of chapter 13.
2. What did the Colonel want to do before he died?
3. Who did John and Lorraine go and get?
4. What happened to the Colonel at the end of chapter 13?
5. Did Dolly marry the Colonel in time?
6. What did John say to Lorraine after their elevator ride to the baby floor?
7. What was the Pigman’s legacy?