Rules by Cynthia Lord

In the clinic waiting room, Mrs. Morehouse scolded Catherine for-

• drawing Jason without her permission

• allowing David to scream, yell and throw crayons

• bumping Jason's wheelchair when she opened the door

• splattering paint across Jason's wheelchair tray

After looking at Jason's communication book, Catherine offered to-

• make him more word cards

• help him with his speech excercises

• put the words in alphabetical order

• decorate the cover of the book

Catherine lied when she said the new neighbors were-

• busy and couldn't come to her family's barbecue

• unfriendly and had made fun of David for carrying an umbrella

• angry that David had driven his toy trucks across their flowerbeds

• happy that she was old enough to babysit

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What did Kristi reveal while Catherine was over for a visit?

• Her dad was deaf

• Her parents were seperated

• she was afraid of David

• She hated sports and art

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How did Catherine make it up to Jason for skipping OT?

• She baked him a batch of chocolate chip cookies

• She sang a show tune for him in the waiting room

• She brought one of her guinea pigs to the clinic

• She made him an origami frog that could hop

Before his therapy session one day, Catherine took Jason outside to-

• fly a kite in the park

• buy snow cones from a street vendor

• go for a run around the parking lot

• cool off under a lawn sprinkler

What happened as Catherine and Jason made their way toward the wharf?

• She spotted Kristi and hid behind Jason't wheelchair

• He hit a pothole, and his wheelchair overturned

• He began gasping for air, and she ran to get help

• Ryan and his friends blocked the path and teased her

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What did Catherine give Jason for his birthday?

• a basketball

• an art set

• a guitar

• an aquarium

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How did Jason react when Catherine declined his invitation to the dance?

• He began humming and showed off his dance moves

• He asked if she was embarrassed about him

• He told her to take back her present and leave his party

• He accused her of pretending to be his friend

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Outside of the community center, Catherine told Dad that-

• David was ruining her life, and she wanted to go to camp to escape him

• Jason was the only person who understood her and cared about her

• She needed to matter as much as work, his garden, and David

• Her life should be defined by more than autism,, videos and a list of rules

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