Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. In which year does the novel begin?

2. What happened to Lauren’s dad’s church?

3. Where does Lauren live, and what is the closest major city?

4. Why do Lauren and her family leave their neighborhood in Chapter 2?

5. What is Lauren’s favorite book of the Bible?

6. Which utility cost continually rises?

7. What is one way Lauren and her siblings protect themselves from fights?

8. Who is Alicia Catalina Godinez Leal?

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following best summarizes Lauren’s thoughts on organized religion?

A) She believes in the doctrine of her father’s parish.

B) She is a staunch atheist and denier of organized religion.

C) She is a cult leader of a small grassroots faith.

D) She has a personal faith different from her father’s God.

2. Which of the following best describes Lauren’s reaction to Mrs. Sims’ death?

A) filled with mourning and sorrow

B) feels personally responsible for her death

C) questions Mrs. Sims’ faith as well as God all together

D) relieved a neighborhood terror is finally gone

3. Which of the following words best describes Lauren’s philosophy of God’s nature?

A) malleable

B) static

C) finite

D) elusive