Prologue-Chapter 3

Reading Check

1. 36 babies (Prologue)

2. You are one of the missing. (Chapter 1)

3. He is adopted. (Chapters 2-3)

Short Answer

1. Jonah thinks the letter is a prank from some people at school. It upsets him. He tears it up and remains unsettled. (Chapters 1-2)

2. When Chip finds out he is adopted, Jonah listens to Chip. He also tries to remind him his parents care about him. Since Jonah has always known about his adoption, he has the vocabulary and a different perspective about adoption and shares these with Chip. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-7

Reading Check

1. The FBI (Chapter 4)

2. Beware! They’re coming back to get you. (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Chip has moved recently and received letters at his old address, which means the letters are not just a prank from someone at school because they would not have had access to his previous address. (Chapter 7)

2. James Reardon is the one who answered from the FBI; they found the number on a sticky note on Chip’s adoption records. Later, Jonah’s dad calls the adoption agency and is told a new name connected to Jonah’s case: James Reardon.