St. Lucy

Which evidence best supports Claudette's adaptability to human life?

• Claudette finds the nuns’ transformation of the rectory to be “very scary” (p. 241). She panics and begins to sweat and howl when she cannot do the Sausalito (p. 243).

• She is able to make “[d]ifferent sorts of calculations” to survive (p. 232) and realizes that it is best to be “solidly middle of the pack” while at St. Lucy’s (p. 232).

• When she gets angry at Mirabella she “push[es] her ears back from [her] head” and the nuns find her in the cattails with her “yellow eyes flashing” (p. 234).

• When she comes home to her family, she lies about it feeling like home. “’So,’ I said, telling my first human lie. ‘I’m home.’” (p. 246)

What does the following quote reveal about Mirabella's character? Mirabella destroys Jeanette’s “homework binder” and scratches Claudette and Jeanette’s “shins so hard” that they bleed (p. 240)

• That she is loving.

• That she is sad.

• That she is destructive.

• That she is well-behaved.

What does the following quote reveal about Jeanette? Sister Maria de la Guardia uses Jeanette as an example for Mirabella, “sing[ing] out the standard chorus, “’Why can’t you be more like your sister Jeanette?’” (p. 231).

• That she is a goody two-shoes.

• That she is rude.

• That she is destructive.

• That she is wolf-like.

What is St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves?

• A halfway house for girls who have been in trouble with the law.

• A place where the girls would learn to become naturalized citizens of human society.

• A place where the girls could run, kill squirrels, pee on beds, and bite nuns.

• A Catholic school where girls raised by wolves would eat pink guava out of your hand.

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The Nuns acted toward the girls in what way?

• They were nice and treated the girls well with extreme patience.

• They were helpful and taught the girls everything they needed to know to be civilized.

• They used any means necessary to help the girls conform to the rules of St. Lucy's.

• They beat the girls daily and forced them to eat wood.

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When the girls first got to St. Lucy's they did what?

• They dreamed of rivers and meat.

• They smashed light bulbs with their hands, urinated all over the bunks, and overturned dressers.

• They worried about Skill points and learning how to do the Sausalito

• They got a special pass to go and see their parents.

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The pack hated Jeanette because?

• She was the most successful

• She was the oldest

• She was drank apple juice from a sippy cups

• She would rip foam out of the church pews

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How did the nuns give the girls human names?

• They used guns and electric cattle prods shocking them into submission.

• The girls lined up and were given names by their age.

• The nuns allowed the girls to pick their desk that had a name tag placed on it.

• They used name tags and tagged them one by one.

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Why didn't the pack help Mirabella?

• She was too dumb for the girls to care about

• Mirabella was forced into solitary confinement and if the girls cared, they would join her.

• They were taught that another girl didn't keep up, you weren't normal.

• She was better than everyone else.

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The following quote best aligns with which of the following Central Ideas?

“We interred sticks, and our itchy new jumpers, and the bones of the friendly, unfortunate squirrels. Our noses ached beneath an invisible assault.” (page 228)

• Sometimes, being alone can hurt in the end.

• Running from your problems won't help.

• Identity

• It is difficult to conform to a new environment.