Ugly by Robert Hoge

What did the local doctor say to Robert's mom shortly after he was born?

• "There's so much that can be done these days."
• "...he would be better off in a home.  Don't even consider bringing him home.  Just forget him."
• "You'll have my full support, whatever decision you make."
• "He is so ugly."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

How long after Robert was born did his family bring him home from the hospital?

• One week
• Two days
• Two and a half months
• A month and five days

How old was Robert when he had taken his first steps?

• 3 years
• 1 year
• 2 years
• 4 years

At the age of three, why did the doctors recommend that Robert have a "major operation to fix his face"?

• The deformities were presenting an ongoing danger to his physical health.
• Robert was intellectually disabled and this operation would help.
• The doctors wanted to make history and gain world-wide fame for being the first to try such an operation.
• They were concered that Robert 's face might make it hard to make friends.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which of the following was NOT a risk of the surgery?

• The general anesthesia could cause brain damage.
• There was a one in four chance that Roibert could die during surgery.
• There was a chance of infection because bone was being cut and removed.
• There was a strong possibility that Robert could lose his sense of sight completely.

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CCSS.RI.6.8

Robert states that, "Humas are like social.... (27)

• ants."
• playing cards."
• Legos."
• media."

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who was the most against Robert's risky surgery?

• his mother
• his father
• his siblings
• his doctors

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"When everything was ready, the plan included ____________ different surgical procedures" (35).

• forty
• fifty
• thirty
• ten

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Who was the first friend that Robert made in school?

• Phillip
• Gary
• David
• Michael

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Awhile after the first major surgery, Robert's parents, especially his father, questioned whether they made the right decision.  "He now regretted letting me have the big operation, because it seemed to him that afterward I was constantly _______.  Before I had been ugly but __________" (53).

• depressed; happy
• ill; healthy
• fearful; courageous
• shy; social

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6