| Define the Chaga. What is it doing to the environment? Why? |
| What impulse causes the celebrities to congregate at the Treehouse Hotel? |
| What are the angles that Gaby's boss wants her to get? |
| What is the story that Gaby is interested in reporting? |
| What does Gaby represent? |
| What do the celebrities represent? |
| What does Prenderleith represent? |
| What does the Chaga represent? |
| As Prenderlieth asks, how can the Chaga be alien if the animals gravitate to it? |
| McDonald describes the Chaga as a "dissolver of illusions." Why? |
| What does McDonald mean when he describes the outfits the staff is wearing as knowing? |
| Why is Prenderleith drawn to Gaby? |
| Explain Gaby's remark that Prenderleith is "the only one here [who] has a story worth telling, who will actually lose something when this comes down." |
| Describe the elephant that Prenderleith and GAby see at the edge of the Chaga. What is happening to the elephant? |
| What is the third thing that Gaby understands about Prenderleith? |
| Why does Prenderleith plunge into the Chaga? |
| Comment on the title of the story. |
