Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. He is accused of threatening to blow up the school. (Chapter 3)

2. She had to give up swimming and diving because of her physique. (Chapter 2)

3. Ursula says Ms. Schultz is an Ugly Girl too. (Chapter 2)

4. She heard the conversation in which Matt made the threat. (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. She puts on a tough-girl persona as a warrior woman. Ursula doesn’t have many friends and combats her insecurities by pretending things don’t bother her and by becoming the kind of person she admires. (Various chapters)

2. He behaves the way people think he should or the way he has seen people behave in theatrical dramas. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-9

Reading Check

1. She feels as though she let her team and coach down. (Chapter 6)

2. She tells Matt she heard what he said and is willing to tell the police Matt was joking. (Chapter 7)

3. Matt’s friends don’t tell the police he was joking, and his friends’ parents tell them not to hang out with Matt. (Various chapters)

4. He threatens a lawsuit against the school.