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 1-8

Reading Check

1. What triggers Caitlin’s “Tantrum Rage Meltdown” in Mrs. Brook’s office (19)?

2. What is the topic Caitlin selects for her research project?

3. When Mrs. Brook asks Caitlin to name her friends, how does Caitlin respond?

Short-Answer

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

1. When Caitlin says the gray outside is in her, what does she mean?

2. What does Caitlin mean when she tells Mrs. Brook that Devon is not completely gone?

3. Why does Caitlin refuse to work in a group for the research project unit?

4. Why does Caitlin’s father cry so much?

Paired Resource

“Asperger’s and Middle Schoolers”

• General, introductory information on Asperger’s students at Caitlin’s age
• Connects to the theme of The Power of Empathy
• In her reaction to the funeral reception and her reaction to the invitation to work on a team, how does Caitlin reveal aspects of her developmental disorder?

Chapters 9-15

Reading Check

1. Why does Caitlin dread recess?

2. What new word does Caitlin learn while watching television coverage of the school shooting with her father?

3. What two movies does Caitlin remember watching with her brother?

Short-Answer