Tuesday of the Other June

What advice does June's mother repeat

• Be smart

• Be good

• Try harder

• Be confident

Why does June's mother say that June must avoid fights?

• Fights will make it difficult for June to study.

• June's mother wants her to impress her friends.

• The two of them already face enough trouble.

• June may enjoy fighting.

What detail helps you most visualize June's mother?

• Her name is April

• Her pretty hair has gray in it

• She tells her daughter to be good

• She works in a factory

Why is Tuesday the worst day of the week for June?

• A mean girl bothers her in swim class on Tuesdays

• She has to do all the caretaker chores in her building.

• She spends the entire night alone in the apartment

• She has to do all of the grocery shopping

The author supports her characterization of the Other June as a frightening and tough girl when she describes

• The house in which the Other June lives

• The Other June's actions in swim class

• Tilly's concern about June's quietness

Mazer uses June's refusal to tell her mother about the Other June to let you know that June

• likes to lie to her mother and other adults

• has a plan to solve her own problems

• wants to protect her mother

• The teacher told her to keep quiet about it

Why does June refuse to tell her mother about the bullying?

• June refuses to make her mother worry

• Her teacher told her to take care of it alone

• She wants to wait until they get the new house

The students' laughter at the Other June tells you that the students

• support June's response to the bully

• want the Other June to win the fight

• think the Other June is funny

June knows that the class supports her when she stands up to the bully because the students

• laugh at the Other June

• throw paper airplanes

• stand on their desks

• chant June's name

What detail most helps you visualize how the Other June feels when June stands up to her?

• Kevin Clark stands on top of his desk

• The Other June's eyes pop wide open

• Mr. Morrisey laughs out loud

• June played with her braids