Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-9

Reading Check

1. Why is Deza planning to reject oatmeal from this point forward?

2. Who is the victim in Jimmie’s murder plot?

3. Why does Jimmie get so many compliments at the baseball game?

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Mrs. Needham say the A- essay “will be the most important” one that Deza “has ever written?”

A) Mrs. Needham hopes Deza will take the time to proofread in the future.

B) Mrs. Needham plans to submit Deza’s essay for publication over the summer.

C) Mrs. Needham wants Deza to take writing more seriously in the future.

D) Mrs. Needham thinks Deza will improve as a writer with her feedback.

2. Of these, what part of fighting Dolly Peaches does Deza love best?

A) controlling the crowd

B) proving her intelligence

C) humiliating Jimmie

D) making Dolly apologize

3. In what way does Father suggest the librarian, Mrs. Ashton, is like a growling dog?

A) Mrs. Ashton is grumpy toward young and teenaged library patrons.

B) Mrs. Ashton guards the books protectively during summer vacation.