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 1, Prologue-Chapter 9

Reading Check

1. When does Chapter 1 take place in relation to the Prologue?

2. Whom does Felix blame for his removal as artistic director?

3. What kind of books does Felix read when he is living in isolation?

4. Where does Felix get a job working as a literacy teacher?

Short Answer

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

1. How did Felix end up raising Miranda alone?

2. What lengths does Felix go to in Chapter 5 to disguise his whereabouts?

3. How does Felix’s imagination help him cope with Miranda’s death?

4. What does Felix find while searching for his winter coat, and how does it function as an element of foreshadowing?

Paired Resource

“Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison”

• This 14-minute NPR interview shares the experiences and perspective of Laura Bates, who has written a book about her time teaching Shakespeare to prisoners in an Indiana prison.
• This resource relates to the themes of Your Mind Can Be a Prison, Empowerment Through Transformation, and The Marginalization of Imprisoned People.