My Life as a Book

How is the main conflict of the book introduced​?

• His mother is chasing him around the house .

• His teacher is assigning him detention.

How does Derek really feel about reading?

• He does not like any books.

• He doesn't like to read fairy tales.

• Derek likes to read, but only books that he wants to read.

What would Derek do if his life were a book?

• He would write about his own cool adventures. Like tracking down the girl from the newspaper.

• He would run around seeing how many people he could get to be characters in his book.

What does Ms. Williams' weary tone imply?

• She thinks Derek shouldn't have to read.

• She's tired of the way Derek acts.

A pajama and cereal day is ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• a day that you have no plans
• a day that you don't want to have...EVER!

What is Derek's summer assignment?

• To read 30 books and write a report about them.

• To read 3 books and write a report about them.

• To interview another student for a job.

Why do you think Derek is envious of Carly?

• Reading comes easy to her

• He has never liked Carly

• Carly makes fun of him because he doesn't enjoy reading.

What truce does Derek offer his babysitter?

• Derek offers to not torture his babysitter by being a disaster if she helps him research the girl who drowned in the newspaper article he found.

• He promises to tell his parents that she is the best babysitter that he has ever had.

Why might Derek's mom have kept the article?

• because it was her cousin that drowned

• because she knew the girl who drowned and wanted to remember the incident even though it was horrible.

Describe Derek.

• quiet, smart, thoughtful

• wants to do what HE wants to do, an artist, can't control himself and often gets in trouble

• a perfect student