The book mentions three uses of the truth machine. Choose and answer one of these questions: 1.- What would YOU use a truth machine for? 2.- In what other situations could a truth machine be useful?
When the story begins you are taken back in time to 1957. Now, write a short account travelling forward to 2005. What was Christmas like that year for Carol, Jan, Joseph and Pavel. How do you find it different from today's Christmas and how you spend it here?
Imagine you are Sara. You keep a diary where you write most of the things that happen to you every day at Miss Minchin’s school. Choose one particular situation that shocked you or that you enjoyed and make an entry in the diary.
Imagine you are one of the suspects of stealing the diamond. Can you tell us what happened the night that somebody stole the diamond from your point of view?