"Restart" Chapters 19-22 Plot and Vocabulary

Front

Read this passage from the text.

“A whole museum full of ancient fossils and they have to pick the nasty old crab who complains to

the nurses if his cookie is off center on the plate.”

What two types of figurative language are used?

Back

metaphor and hyperbole

Front

Read this from the end of Chapter 21.

"Dad says the old Chase is back. I wanted that once. But right now the new Chase is the life I'd rather have...and I've lost that too."

How is Chase feeling at this point?

Back

He is frustrated since he doesn't want his old life back, but he has ruined his new life by lying.

Front

What is the main reason why the author used  Brendan's point of view to tell the story of what happened in the music room?

Back

So readers could understand what Brendan was thinking and feeling when Aaron and Bear came in and said the attack was Chase's idea.

Front

Why are Aaron and Bear so angry about watching the video about Mr. Solway?

Back

They are angry because Chase worked with Shoshanna, whose family is repsonsible for their community service, and it is about Mr. Solway who they do not like.

Front

Why won't Mrs. Gilbride let Chase into the music room?

Back

She does not trust him because he took part in destroying the piano.

Front

Read this passage from Chapter 20:

"She is still mourning the piano like it was donated to the school by Beethoven himself."

Which literary device are being used here?

Back

simile an hyperbole

Front

How do Aaron and Bear explain to Dr. Fitzwallce what happened in the music room?

Back

They tell him they smelled smoke and rushed in with the fire extinguishers.

Front

What happens when Dr. Fitzwallce asks Chase if what Aaron and Bear said is true?

Back

Chase says, "Yeah, what Aaron said is the way it happened."

Front

In Chapter 21 Chase says, "I catch a glimpse of Shoshanna, scorching me with a look that could melt titanium."

What literary devices is being used here?

Back

hyperbole

Front

After visiting Dr. Nguyen, Chase says..."Dr. Nguyen would have signed a paper certifiying I was pregnant with triplets if my father paid him enough."

What can we infer (figure out for ourselves) Chase means by this?

Back

Chase's dad paid Dr. Nguyen to clear Chase to play.