Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Chapters 1-3

The book, "Out of My Mind" is narrated by?

• Melody

• Mom

• Dad

• Mrs. Valencia

Melody's disability is called...

• Autism
• Cerebral Palsy
• Down Syndrome
• Brain Damage

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The reader can conclude that Melody likes what feature about herself?

• Her thin legs

• Her arms

• Her deep dimples

• Her short curly hair

What is Melody's main frustration?

• The inability to walk.

• The inability to dance.

• The inability to express what she feels.

• The inability to go to school.

When Melody was an infant, less than a year old, her father took home a __________________ for her.

• small, white plush puppy

• small, white plush cat

• small, white teddy bear

• small, plush doll

Melody states that she has a photographic memory, what can the reader conclude about her statement?

• Melody loves taking pictures with her camera on the weekends.

• Melody loves when they her father takes pictures of her.

• Melody is very bright and remembers everything she hears and sees.

• Melody has a camera in her head that takes pictures.

"I even remember the dialogue from each show and the commercials in between." The word dialogue in this sentence means

• a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing

• a conversation between two or more persons

• a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer)

• all of the above

What is the meaning of this figure of speech "Sometimes I wish I had a delete button in my head."

• She wished she owned a remote control to change the t.v. channels.

• She wished that she retained everything with such detail.

• She wished that she was able to erase things from her memory.

• All of the above.

What does Melody mean by her "tornado explosions"

• She means that this is a rapid change that can change the Earth's surface.

• She means that they happen when she has trouble breathing.

• She means that her feelings explode due to feeling sad and lonely.

• She means that they sometimes can occur uncontrollably due to frustration which causes her body to react a certain way.

What effect caused Melody to become very angry in the toy section when she was four years old?

• Her mother did not want to buy her some colorful blocks so she screamed and kicked.

• Melody was unable to express what she wanted to say about the dangerous blocks that contained lead.

• Melody was not able to get the toy she really wanted so she kicked and screeched.

• Melody was angry at her mom for ignoring her.