Essentials Reading Quiz

Why is Mattie grieving?

• She broke up with her boyfriend

• Her mom just passed away

• Her dog died

• She lost her best friend

Why does Mattie decide to work at the restaurant?

• To meet Johnny

• Riyad is her cousin

• To distract her from thinking about her mom

• She is going to culinary school

Johnny is nice when he first meets Mattie

• True

• False

How doe Mattie and Johnny's feelings towards each other change over the course of the story?

• Mattie falls madly in love with Johnny; Johnny becomes even meaner

• Johnny becomes kinder; Mattie hates Johnny

• Nothing changes

• Johnny becomes kinder; Mattie begins to like him

Choose a character trait for Mattie

• full of herself

• kind

• lazy

• rude

Choose a character trait for Johnny

• timid

• selfless

• overbearing

• humble

Riyad is quiet and in control; Johnny is loud and in many ways out of control

• True

• False

Did Mattie get over her grief?

• Not at all

• She made progress

• Yes, completely

• What grief?

Who is Miss Strangeworth?

• Grocery store owner

• Banker

• Town mayor

• Relative of the town founder

What does Miss Strangeworth do in her free time?

• Write letters

• Spend time with her cats

• Give bouqets of roses to her neighbors and friends

• Ride her scooter around town