1. Murder in a Pig's Eye has been compared to the Hardy Boys series and to the Blossom family books by Betsy Byars. What similarities do you find between this novel and other mysteries for young adults that you have read?

2. Hall is best known for her books about animals. How does she portray animals in this novel? What is her atti tude toward them? Is it realistic, sympathetic, or sentimental? Defend your answers with specific examples from the book; compare or contrast the treatment of animals in Murder in a Pig's Eye with that in other books you have read.

3. We are told that the "Silers' forty acres was a leftover from another era, an almost self-sufficient small farm."

Examine Bodie's chores on the Siler farm and describe what, if anything, they taught you about agriculture or about the way...