LAWKI Fall/Winter

What sentence from chapter 12 supports the idea that Miranda feels guilty for eating the chocolate chips her mom was saving for Matt’s birthday?

• It was just some chocolate chips

• I ripped open the bag and poured chocolate chips down my throat.

• I’m a selfish, selfish pig. I don’t deserve to live.

In chapter 13, who at the hospital made Miranda feel “the same kind of nauseous sick I’d felt from the chocolate chips?”

• A guard

• Matt

• Peter

• A doctor

What sentence from chapter 14 clearly explains the real reason why Miranda wanted mom to cut her hair?

• “… I hate washing my hair now. It never gets clean and it’s so lank and disgusting.”

• “In honor of the holiday, I asked mom to cut my hair.”

• “Mom kissed me and told me I was beautiful with or without hair.

On September 26, what makes Miranda think that not everything they hear is true?

• She sees Michelle Schmidt while leaving the library.

• Peter is seeing less and less patients at the hospital.

• The library is only open on Mondays now.

On September 29, what makes Miranda say, “I like thinking about that. It makes me feel like I’m part of some bigger thing…?”

• She likes thinking about her ancestors living in the house before there was electricity and indoor plumbing.

• Peter has either“…run out of supplies, or he’s now officially family.”

• The family plays poker after supper every night and Miranda owes Jonny $328,000.

What mood was the author trying to create when Miranda wonders, on October 14, if her tears will be gray?

• hostile

• uplifting

• somber

Matt comes home from the post office and tells Miranda that Megan is on the ____ ______.

• mailing list

• post office list

• dead list

Which family member do they all plan on keeping alive at all costs?

• Matt

• Mom

• Miranda

• Jonny

“It felt like Christmas filling my bookbag with supplies.” (189)

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

• allusion

“I swallowed another mouthful of chips and wiped my mouth of the back of my hand. I must have seen that in a movie somewhere.” (193)

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

• allusion