Speak - Welcome - Heathering

The first sentence sets the tone for the entire book: “It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomach ache.” What do you think the narrator conveys using this tone?

• Excitement

• Anxious

• Disgust

“… I figure it’s the best chance I have to make eye contact with one of my friends if any of them have decided to talk to me yet.” What is significant about this quotation?

• It shows the narrator is still longing for her old friends, even though they have abandoned her.

• It expresses how the narrator wants to intimidate her past group of friends for casting her aside.

The high school mascot changed from a Trojan to a Blue Devil. Why is the change ironic?

• It shows the school has more concern for their image than their students.

• A devil is much worse than a Trojan.

• The Blue Devil mascot better matches the personality of the narrator.

The tone of the narrator’s relationship with “Mr. Neck” is established on the first day of school. How so?

• Mr. Neck commands the narrator and others around without allowing them to explain.

• Mr. Neck is friendly with everyone else except for the narrator because of her summer issues.

• Mr. Neck refuses to speak to the children coming through the auditorium.

The narrator describes her art teacher as “Mr. Freeman.” Up to this point, the narrator has assigned teachers and students creative nicknames. What is the significance of her using his real name?

• She is already familiar with him because he is her neighbor.

• He is a teacher that allows students to be free, with little work requirements.

• She dislikes him too much to give him a nickname.

• This is someone that she is drawn too.

Mr. Freeman says, “This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you, you’ve never dared look at before.” What future events does this hint at?

• This does not hint at future events.

• She may find herself again.

• The narrator will further shut down, to scared to speak.

What do you think the object that the narrator picks in Art class symbolizes?

• Growth

• Ugliness

• Boredom

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The narrator sarcastically mentions that her family communicates with notes on the counter. What does this say about her family life?

• The family uses paper as a way to remember their conversations.

• The family has physical difficulty speaking to one another.

• Talking and expressing yourself isn't common in her household.

How does Heather’s plan to join clubs affect her relationship with the narrator?

• It shows them the difference they have in choosing an extracurricular activity.

• It drives a wedge between their already fake relationship.

• It fractures their relationship because there's only one spot left in the drama club.

The narrator comments on Nicole’s strength because Nicole can get changed in front of the entire gym class, something that is difficult for the narrator. How is the narrator also using “strength” in a figurative sense as well?

• Nicole has confidence, something that the narrator lacks

• Nicole has no confidence, similar to the narrator

• Nicole has a physique like a bodybuilder and the narrator wants to become a bodybuilder

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