Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. His hat (Chapter 1)

2. His first roller-coaster ride (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. He climbs up the roller coaster to try to get his hat back. (Chapter 1)

2. It looks like the support beams and track are falling off the ride. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 3-4

Reading Check

1. She thinks he is on drugs. (Chapter 3)

2. Seven (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. Carl gives him an envelope full of information about New York, which makes Blake feel as if his upcoming move to New York to attend Columbia is really going to happen. (Chapter 3)

2. Blake thinks that Quinn’s spirit is there. (Chapter 4)

Chapters 5-6

Reading Check

1. A blue lion (Chapter 5)

2. His bus crash (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. Cassandra can turn their thoughts into rides in the carnival. (Chapter 5)

2. The carnival absorbs and enslaves them. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-8

Reading Check

1. Mirrors (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. The captain reminds Blake of Carl, and the whale reminds him of his mother.