Stargirl Chapters 18-21 Comprehension Questions

How did the students at school treat Stargirl after the basketball team lost their game?

• A. They treated her like a hero.

• B. They gave her the silent treatment.

• C. She was more popular than ever.

• D. They were extremely mean to her.

How did Leo feel about getting the silent treatment?

• A. He didn’t care; he was just happy that Stargirl loved him.

• B. He didn’t like it, and it made him feel awkward to be around Stargirl.

• C. He didn’t mind it because he knew none of those kids was as good of a person as Stargirl was.

• D. He didn’t even notice it.

How did Stargirl feel about getting the silent treatment?

• A. She didn’t seem to notice it; she just kept talking to Leo.

• B. She tried to be even more outgoing and cheerful so the other kids would feel guilty for giving her the silent treatment

• C. She hated it. She went home and cried every night.

• D. She said it made her feel special because, after all, not everyone gets the silent treatment.

What question did Senor Saguaro “ask” Leo in answer to Leo’s search about what to do about Stargirl?

• A. “Look into the desert for the answer.”

• B. “Barney is to Cinnamon as Stargirl is to whom?”

• C. “Whose affection do you value more -- hers or the others’?”

• B. “Barney is to Cinnamon as Stargirl is to whom?”

What did Stargirl teach Leo?

• A. To navigate in the desert, to be himself, and to be honest

• A. To navigate in the desert, to be himself, and to be honest

• C. To wonder, to revel, to laugh, and to see

• A. To navigate in the desert, to be himself, and to be honest

Why was Stargirl’s giving unusual?

• A. It was too personal.

• B. It was too public.

• C. She didn’t take any credit for it.

• D. She only gave to people who didn’t want it.

Who gave Leo the porcupine necktie?

• A. Kevin

• B. His mother

• C. Hillary

• D. Stargirl

How did Stargirl learn what was going on in people’s lives?

• A. She asked them.

• B. She asked other people about them.

• C. She read the newspaper.

• D. She guessed.

Describes Stargirl’s card game

• A. She wrote the names of classmates and neighbors on small cards and would choose at random one person to be kind to each day.

• B. She wrote the names of her classmates on the backs of a deck of cards. She put the cards face down into stacks and drew one card from the top of each stack. The name on the back of the higher card was the person she would be kind to that day

• C. She would follow someone for 15 minutes and try to figure out what kind of card they needed to have sent to them.

• D. She would go into a shop, choose a card from the rack, and then think of someone for whom the card would be appropriate.

Why did Stargirl drop money coins here and there?

• A. She was careless.

• B. It was good luck.

• C. She wanted to know if Leo would notice.

• D. She knew that people like to find money.