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

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. What kind of a being is Cinder?

2. What is the name of Cinder’s younger stepsister and human friend?

Short Answer

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

1. How does Cinder know when Adri lies to her about the ball?

2. What important antique item does Cinder discover at the junkyard, and what do she and Iko hope to do with it?

Chapters 5-8

Reading Check

1. Whom does Adri blame for Peony’s infection with the plague?

2. What is Cinder injected with in the laboratory in Chapter 8?

Short Answer

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

1. Why can Cinder catch the plague, while Iko is immune?

2. What job does Dmitri Erland do?

Paired Resource

“How We'll Become Cyborgs and Extend Human Potential”

• 15-minute TED Talk by MIT scientist Hugh Herr about developments in bionic technology
• This content relates to the themes of Social Hierarchy: Humans, Cyborgs, and Androids and Technology.
• Does the information in Dr. Herr’s talk surprise you in any way? What are the benefits that Cinder gets from her bionic technology? What are the drawbacks? From the information in Dr.