Stargirl Chapters 1-17 Comprehension Check

Why was Stargirl the topic of conversation the first day of school?

• She was an alien.

• She was different.

• She was the most popular student in school.

_____________ means something intended to deceive or defraud.

Choose the ONE that is FALSE.

From chapter 3: What example did Leo NOT give to show that he and Kevin were alike?

• They both liked apple and peanut butter smoothies

• They both thought that prickly pear cactus looked like ping pong paddles with whiskers

• They both thought that saguaros looked like dinosaurs with mittens

• They both wanted to go into television.

_______________ means to be difficult to find

The students of MAHS were compared to the mud frogs of the Sonoran Desert because

• they lay dormant beneath the desert floor, awakening only when the rain comes to make them complete and come to life

• they seemed to come to life when Stargirl began school like the mud frogs do when they get rain. Stargirl is the rain.

______________ means to lie asleep or as if asleep. It means to be inactive.

Choose three events that make the students at MAHS begin to turn against Stargirl

• She shows up at Anna Grisdale's grandfather's funeral.

• She changes the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.

• She set's Cinnamon on fire.

• The Danny Pike affair.

What type of characterization is used?

"She wasn’t gorgeous, wasn’t ugly. A sprinkle of freckles crossed

the bridge of her nose. Mostly, she looked like a hundred other girls in

school, except for two things. She wore no makeup, and her eyes were

the biggest I had ever seen, like deer’s eyes caught in headlights."

• direct

• indirect

From Chapter 13 - How did Stargirl describe her name, and why she changed it so often?

• She says she is not her name - once she outgrows it, she changes it.

• She says her name is the most special thing about her and that it was given to her by her parents.

• She says that names are important and that the goddess Delilah gave her the name before she was even born.

From Chapter 14 -

True or False

Stargirl did not cheer for Sun Valley when MAHS played them in basketball.

• True

• False