Golden Glass

Who is the MAIN CHARACTER?

• Ted

• Vida

• the dog

• Ted's Father

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What is the SETTING?

• San Francisco

• The swamps of cyprus

• Redwoods of California

• the big city with lots of children

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What is the INTERNAL PROBLEM?

• Ted wants to live outside in a fort all summer.

• Ted is dealing with his father's abandonment towards him.

• Ted doesn't get along with his brother and sister and wants to run away.

• Ted wants to move back to San Francisco with his daddy.

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What is the EXTERNAL PROBLEM?

• Ted wants independence and live outside in a fort all summer.

• Ted is dealing with his father's abandonment towards him.

• Ted doesn't get along with his brother and sister and wants to run away.

• Ted wants to move back to San Francisco with his daddy.

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What is the CLIMAX?

• Ted makes a stained glass window for his fort.

• Ted has to move away from all of his friends and becomes extremely violent.

• Ted's father hits him with a football.

• Ted becomes cheerful and more at peace with his place in the world.

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What is the THEME?

• Never look back, always look forward.

• Never judge a book by its cover.

• Sometimes a stained glass window looks better inside than outside.

• Sometimes you need to grow up and adjust to the changing world.

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Which is an example of the THEME?

• Ted sleeps in the fort all summer, never once going into the house.

• Ted used to shoot the jays in the neighbor's garden.

• Ted's father threw a football at his stomach.

• Ted had a lot of friends when he lived in the city.

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How does Ted feel about his father.

• He misses him and wants to run away to find him.

• He doesn't care about him because he threw a football at him and set him up to steal candy.

• He is angry at him and blames him for moving away from the city.

• He respects him because he taught him how to be tough and steal candy.

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What does Ted learn how to do during summer school?

• build a fort

• write an essay

• make a stained glass window

• multiplication of fractions

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At the end of the story, the author writes "Ted woke up to see the stained glass full of light. The little sun was a golden moon and the inside glass sky and the outside sky matched." What does this symbolize?

• Ted knows his journey is finally over, and he is ready to join his family again.

• The summer was boring.

• Ted is a great artist.

• Ted learns that he is ready to move out on his own for good, away from his family.

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