Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Part A, Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. What is Sasha’s secret?

2. What reminds Sasha of her friend Lizzie?

3. What does Sasha take from Alex?

4. What is the name of the band Bennie signed to Sow’s Ear Records?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What about Sasha’s conversation with her therapist suggests that she wants to move on?

2. Why might Bennie be happy that he let his son taste the gold flakes?

3. When does Chapter 2, “The Gold Cure,” take place in relation to Chapter 1, “Found Objects”? How do you know?

Paired Resource

“The Egg” by Andy Weir

• A short story that promotes thinking about life from multiple perspectives
• How does reading this story help you think about what it means to jump between stories and moments in characters’ lives? How does this help you think about Time and Meaning?

Part A, Chapters 3-4

Reading Check

1. Where does Bennie arrange for his friends’ band to play?

2. What is Lou doing with his children in Kenya?

3. How does Mindy view her role in the group in Kenya?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.