The Skin I'm In chapter 2 and 3

What can you infer about Ms. Saunders characters from this statement? “I want to give something back, “ Miss Saunders says

• a. She went to the school when she was younger.

• b. She wants the students to pay her.

• c. She cares about the students at the school, and wants to help.

• a. She loves working with bad students.

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1. Charlese states during her conversation with Ms. Saunders, “You don’t scare me,” she says, putting her hands on her hips." What does this say about Charlese's character?

• a. Charlese is going to help Ms. Saunders becoming familiar with the school.

• b. Charlese is the protagonist in the story.

• c. Charlese gets along with all her teachers.

• d. Charlese is the antagonist.

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1. Who is Tai?

• a. Another student in the school.

• b. Ms. Saunders best friend since elementary school.

• c. She is the math teacher in the school.

• d. She works at the school.

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1. Tai tells Charlese, “You will love having this woman around. She really makes things happen.” What can you infer from this statement?

• a. She knows that Ms. Saunders will bring good changes to the school.

• b. Ms. Saunders will bring in more of her teacher friends

• c. Ms. Saunders doesn't like things at the school and they have to change.

• Ms. Saunders love to go parties

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1. What can you infer about the atmosphere and conditions in the school from the statement? “I’m really trying to pee, not, just talk about folks. That’s hard in this school. Ain’t no doors on the stalls. The principal took them off himself, so everything we do is out in the open. Like that’s gonna stop girls from smoking cigarettes, writing on the walls, cutting class.

• a. The school is a really safe place for students.

• b. The school couldn’t afford restroom doors.

• c. The principal doesn’t trust the students so he took off the doors.

• d. The students took the restroom doors off.

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1. You can infer from this statement, “Char blows a fat ring of stinking gray smoke in my face. I laugh, like everybody else. You got to go along with Char if you want to get along with her.”

• a. The students in the school love hanging out with Char.

• b. Char gives all the students clothing.

• c. Char is caring and friendly

• d. The students in the school are afraid of Char.

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All of the events in the story thus far are a part of the ______

• Exposition

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

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The exposition (setting) of the story is important because...

• a. The setting is not important, these events could take place any where.

• b. It shows how girls don't get along in middle school.

• c. It demonstrates the real life conflicts that could happen in a middle school.

• d. You can really tell where the story is taking place.

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At the end of chpt 3 Maleeka says, "But even those hundred-dollar pants suits she brought in for me to wear can't make up for the hurt I feel when she slaps me with them mean words of her." What does the term slaps me with them mean words mean?

• a. Charlese hit Maleeka with a dictionary

• b. Charlese hit her with a pair of pants.

• c.Charlese says harmful things to Maleeka

• d. Charlese hit Maleeka with a 100.00 dollars.

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