Out of My Mind Ch. 26 - Ch. 28

What was Mr. Dimming's idea for celebrating the team's accomplishment of getting to go to Washington D.C.?

• Have a parade back at school.

• Go out to dinner.

• Hold Melody up on the team's shoulders while exiting the building.

• Buying fireworks to set off.

What type of restuarant does Connor suggest for the celebration?

• Chinese

• American

• Greek

• Italian

What's one of the major accessibility problems Melody and her family see upon arriving at the restaurant?

• The doors are not wide enough for her wheelchair.

• The sidewalk out front of the restaurant is very icy.

• The only way to reach the front door is up a bunch of stairs.

• The tables are too high for a person in a wheelchair to reach.

How does Melody eventually get up to the restaurant level?

• She rides an elevator in the back of the building.

• Melody's mom backs her chair up the stairs, step by step.

• One of the wait staff carries Melody up the stairs.

• Melody actually doesn't make it up to the restaurant; they bring the food down to her.

Everyone is riding the good feeling of the competition win...and everyone is congratulating Melody, too. She uses figurative language to say she feels like a ____________.

• cloud

• bird

• balloon

• star

Why does Melody leave the restaurant hungry?

• She took so long getting to the restaurant level at the top of the stairs that her food wasn't ready by the time they all left.

• The kitchen couldn't prepare the correct food for her.

• The portions at the restaurant were too small.

• She was embarrassed how she appeared to others while eating so pushed her plate away.

INFER - Why did Claire throw up at the restaurant.

• She got food poisoning from her dinner.

• Her nerves from the competition got to her.

• She felt guilty about lying to the reporters about being friends with Melody.

• She was disgusted because she realized that by telling reporters she was friends with Melody, everyone would now expect her to be friends with Melody.

Why does Melody's mom call her a 'rock star' the next morning?

• She's congratulating her on the competition win.

• Melody's name and picture are on the cover of the newspaper.

• Because of how much music Melody knows.

• Because Melody slept in late like a rock star.

What does Penny do to the newspaper that features Melody?

• She kisses it.

• She tears it.

• She crumples it.

• She feeds it to Butterscotch.

Mr. Dimming warns Connor he'll be kicked over to the alternates if...

• Connor is rude to Melody.

• Connor says anything in appropriate/humorous to the news reporters.

• Connor misses any of the practices.

• Connor gets more than two questions incorrect.