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Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. What grade is Bryce in when he meets Juli Baker?

2. Who brings Juli into the house to hunt down Bryce?

3. Who becomes Bryce’s girlfriend to aid him in avoiding Juli?

4. What does Juli do to Bryce when she sits by him in Mr. Mertins’s class?

5. Whom does Juli claim interrupted the moment Bryce might have kissed her?

6. What does Juli say Bryce’s hair smells like?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Bryce look forward to seventh grade?

2. How do Juli’s and Bryce’s perspectives differ on what happens the first day they meet?

3. Why does Juli attack Shelly Stalls?

Paired Resource

“The Importance of Taking the Perspectives of Others”

• This article describes the importance of perspective during conflict resolution.
• What is an essential aspect of problem resolution? What is egocentrism? What can an understanding of others help someone to accomplish? How might someone attempt to take on someone else’s perspective? How is this article related to the novel’s theme of Change as a Result of New Perspective and Seeing Individuals for Who They Really Are?

Chapters 3-6

Reading Check

1. What type of tree does Juli love to climb while waiting for the bus?

2. What does Mr. Baker do in his spare time?

3. What does Juli take to school daily so she will not have to walk past the decimated sycamore tree?

4. What does Juli bring Bryce’s family after her successful science fair project?

Short Answer

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

1. What is Grandad Duncan’s reaction when he learns that Juli tried to prevent others from cutting down the tree?

2. When does Julie realize what her father means when he says, “A painting is more than the sum of its parts” (Chapter 4)?

3. How does Bryce fail to fulfill his father’s wishes regarding the eggs Juli delivers every week?

4. How does Juli’s life change after the sycamore tree is cut down?

Paired Resource

“Deforestation Effects on Climate”

• This 5-minute video describes deforestation and its global effect.
• What is deforestation? Why is it a problem globally? How might Juli’s sycamore tree and its fate serve as a larger symbol for some of the concerns in this video? How is this video related to the novel’s theme of Change as a Result of New Perspective?

Chapters 7-10

Reading Check

1. Who helps Juli with her front yard overhaul?

2. Who does Juli remind Chet of?

3. What does Bryce’s mother do to attempt to resolve her conflict with the Bakers?

4. What does Garrett notice in Bryce’s backpack?

5. What do Juli and her father visit David for?

Short Answer

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

1. What is Mr. Loski’s reaction when he learns that Granddad is helping Juli?

2. What does Grandad reveal about the Baker’s familial struggles contributing to their messy yard?

3. What are the similarities between Bryce and David?

4. How does David react when his ice cream falls to the floor?

Paired Resource

“Taking a Stand Against Judging Others”

• This 4-minute video defines judging and why people do it.
• How often do some misjudge people? Why do people judge others? What is the connection between judgment and forgiveness? What strategies can prevent judgment? How is this article related to the novel’s themes of Change as a Result of New Perspective, Seeing Individuals for Who They Really Are, and Apology and Forgiveness as Markers of Coming of Age?

Chapters 11-12

Reading Check

1. What does Mr. Loski think Juli’s brothers are doing to afford their recording equipment?

2. What does Mr. Loski reveal he was part of while questioning Juli’s brothers?

3. What does Mrs. Stueby ask Juli if she will be getting for her chickens?

Short Answer

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

1. Why does Juli refuse to speak to Bryce at the family dinner?

2. What comparison does Bryce make to the Bakers after the dinner party?

3. Why does Juli decide to go to the dinner party?

4. What creates problems in the Loski family?

5. What might be the cause of Bryce’s feelings of loneliness at the dinner?

Paired Resource

“How to Forgive”

• This 4-minute video describes the nature of forgiveness and the benefit of perspective in granting it.
• Why does the video claim that there is a long history behind someone at fault? Do you think this is true for Bryce? What shapes people, creating flaws in personality and characteristics? What effect might a hypercritical parent have on a child? How do all people unwittingly contribute to wrongs against others? How is this video related to the novel’s themes of Apology and Forgiveness as Markers of Coming of Age and Seeing Individuals for Who They Really Are?

Chapters 13-14

Reading Check

1. What is Bryce’s role in the action for the Booster Club?

2. Who is expected to bid on Bryce at the event that he is especially not interested in?

3. Who does Juli bid on in the event?

Short Answer

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

1. What does Granddad tell Bryce when Bryce admits he has feelings for Juli?

2. Why does Juli bid on the basket boy she wins a date with?

3. What does Mrs. Baker say when Juli reveals what happened between her and Bryce at the Booster Club event?

4. What is Bryce’s gesture after the Booster Club event to restore the relationship between him and Juli, and why is it meaningful?

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