If I Ever Get Out of Here

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.

Part 1, Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. With whom does Lewis share a room?

2. In what grade is Lewis?

3. What interest do Lewis and George have in common?

Multiple Choice

1. Why is Lewis getting his hair cut?

A) He wants a new cut for the new school year.

B) He wants to fit in better.

C) He wants to keep his hair short.

D) He wants to impress his cousin.

2. Why does Zach think that George is friendly to Lewis?

A) George is just the new kid trying to make friends.

B) George wants to use him to get to Summer Barnes.

C) George likes that Lewis gives other kids a hard time.

D) George doesn’t know that Lewis lives on a reservation.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Lewis’s braid significant?

2. What is the author’s purpose in naming each chapter for a song by either the Beatles or Wings? (Wings was the band Paul McCartney started after leaving the Beatles.)

Part 1, Chapters 4-7

Reading Check

1. Lewis sees two students at school whom he recognizes from the reservation.