Out of My Mind Ch. 29-33

After getting back from the airport, Melody is so angry, all she wants to do is __________, but she can't, because of her disability.

• scream

• cry

• stomp

• punch a wall

Both Butterscotch and Penny try to comfort Melody in her bed after the disappointment at the airport. Melody says Penny smells like ______________.

• spaghetti

• pink cotton candy

• baby powder

• watermelon bubble bath

CRAFT - How does the author intensify the overall mood the day after Melody and her family suffer disappointment at the airport?

• The author uses a lot of 'sound' words to show things are glum.

• The author makes the weather parallel the characters' emotions (cloudy, stormy, thundery).

• The author uses ALL CAPS to show how angry everyone is.

• The author uses lots of metaphors and similes directly after the disappointment so the reader can feel what the characters are feeling.

Nobody in Melody's family feels like leaving the house the day after the competition/airport disappointment EXCEPT...

• Melody

• Mom

• Dad

• Penny

The text says Melody MOST wants to go to school after the airport/competition disappointment for what reason?

• She wants to pretend like nothing bad happened.

• She wants to complain to the rest of the school about how her teammates meanly neglected her.

• She wants to talk to Catherine and give her the card she bought.

• She wants to get away from her gloomy family.

What place did Melody's team get in the Whiz Kids competition without her?

• 1st

• 3rd

• 5th

• 9th

Which parent ends up having to take Melody to school in the storm?

• Mom, because Dad's arm is in a sling from punching the airport wall and he can't maneuver her wheelchair or lift her.

• Dad, because Mom got a call from the hospital and has to go to work to help with injuries from a big car accident (pileup due to the storm)?

• Neither parent, Mrs. V actually has to take Melody to school because both Mom and Dad are unable to take her.

• Both parents, because Dad has to take Mom to work at the hospital after he drops off Melody at school.

All of the following put Melody's Mom in a bad mood and detracted from her thinking/attention EXCEPT:

• she had a migraine

• the storm was soaking her

• Dad burned breakfast so she wasn't able to eat

• she was called in to work and didn't want to have to go in

• she was still upset on Melody's behalf about not being included in the competition in Washington D.C.

In her bad mood, Mom does something to Melody she's never done before...

• she smacks her

• she asks out loud why Melody couldn't be 'normal'

• she forgets to buckle Melody in the vehicle

• she calls her by Penny's nickname

Melody humorously says her Mom doesn't look so great when her hair gets wet and should...

• go hide in a closet.

• shave her head and be done with it.

• wear a hat at all times.

• brush out her hair as soon as one drop hits it.