Stargirl: Prologue - Ch 7

What point of view is "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli?

• first person and Stargirl Caroway is the narrator

• third person limited with the narrator relating only the thoughts and feelings of a single character

• first person and Leo Borlock is the narrator

• third person omniscient with the narrator knowing the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story

PROLOGUE – CHAPTER 7: Summary

_____(1)______ would have you believe that he’s just your everyday, average teenager. He has a healthy appreciation for the strange and unusual under the surface, but he keeps that part of himself pretty well concealed (hidden). That is, until _____(2)______ comes to Mica Area High School. At first, no one knows quite what to make of Stargirl. Everything she wears, says, and does is like nothing anyone has ever seen. She carries a ukulele and a rat named _____(3)______ with her everywhere she goes. This girl cannot be real, everyone thinks. But she is all too real and Leo cannot seem to get her out of his mind.

• (1) Stargirl - (2) Cinnamon - (3) Leo Borlock

• (1) Leo Borlock - (2) Stargirl - (3) Cinnamon

• (1) Cinnamon - (2) Stargirl - (3) Leo Borlock

• (1) Mr. Shur - (2) Mrs. Snyder - (3) Mrs. Hoover

How did Leo come to own two porcupine neckties?

• Leo’s first porcupine necktie was a gift from his Uncle Pete. In a brief announcement in the local newspaper on his fourteenth birthday, Leo claims his hobby is collecting porcupine neckties. A few days later, Leo receives his second porcupine necktie inside an anonymous gift-wrapped package placed on his front porch.

• Leo’s first porcupine necktie was a gift from his best friend Kevin. When Leo appeared on Hot Seat, he confessed to collecting porcupine neckties. A few days later, Leo receives his second porcupine necktie inside an anonymous gift-wrapped package placed in his locker.

What had the students at Mica High School buzzing on the first day of school?

• There was a rare fossil discovered on school grounds.

• There was a new Reading teacher.

• There was a new student.

• There was a shooting star last night.

What is painted on Stargirl's canvas bag?

• The solar system

• A rat

• The sunshine

• A sunflower

What features (physical and otherwise) was Stargirl known for having?

• big eyes

• freckles

• no makeup

• All of these

What instrument does Stargirl play?

• guitar

• harp

• ukulele

• violin

Explain what Kevin means when he says the following about Stargirl: “I mean if she’s real, she’s in big trouble.”

• Everyone at Mica High knows that Stargirl’s odd behavior is simply an act. Therefore, whenever she decides to act like her true self, she will have no trouble fitting in with everyone else. Kevin is predicting that Stargirl is just seeking attention or trying to be funny.

• No one at Mica High knows if Stargirl’s unsettling behavior is just an act. If so, then she can start acting like everyone else whenever she decides to. If it is not an act, Kevin is predicting Stargirl is going to have an extremely difficult time fitting in.

Which conclusion is best supported in the following excerpt?

Everything she did seemed to echo Hillari Kimble: She’s not real… She’s not real…

And each night in bed I thought of her as the moon came through my window. I could have lowered my shade to make it darker and easier to sleep, but I never did. In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things. I liked the feeling the moonlight gave me, as if it wasn’t the opposite of day, but its underside, its private side, when the fabulous purred on my snow-white sheet like some dark cat come in from the desert.

It was during one of these nightmoon times that it came to me that Hillari Kimble was wrong. Stargirl was real.

• The narrator is more and more convinced that Hillari Kimble was right about Stargirl all along.

• The narrator has a change of heart and comes to believe in Stargirl’s sincerity.

Why do Kevin and Leo fight at the start of chapter 3?

• Leo may have started a rumor about Stargirl.

• Kevin won't put Stargirl on Hot Seat.

• Leo won't put Stargirl on Hot Seat.

• Kevin is jealous of Stargirl and Leo's budding relationship.