Wink Chapters 5-8

Everybody knows about Ross’ illness. Who does Ross blame for this?

• His dad

• His stepmom

• Abby

• Isaac

What agreement do Ross, Abby, and Isaac make in their pact?
How does the Oreo play a part in this pact?

• They make a pact to be friends no matter what. Afterwards, Ross eats an Oreo and thinks of their group as the cookie with himself as the white filling to hold the others together.

• They make a pact to still be friends throughout middle school. They each shove an Oreo into each other's mouth at the same time to seal the pact.

• They make a pact to still be friends in ten to fifteen years, and to stay together like the Three Musketeers.

  They use the white filling of an Oreo to mash between their hands as they shake on the agreement.

How does Abby handle the news of Ross’s diagnosis?

• Abby is very sad and listens to Ross tell his story. She hugs him and sits with him. She doesn’t talk a lot

  or ask a lot of questions.

• Abby is very mad and storms out of the room. She is so upset she needs to take some space.

• Abby is happy. She is excited for Ross to go through something difficult, because his life has been too easy up to this point.

• Abby is confused. She doesn't understand how someone their age could have cancer. She spends time doing research on ways to cure it.

When Dr. Sheffler and Dr. Innzer give Ross the terrible news, he says “I can’t speak for anyone else, but my blood had turned to ice”. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

True or False: Ross liked having a black eye.

• True

• False

True or False: Abby really likes Sarah Kennedy.

• True

• False

An idiom is a group of words that mean something different from the meanings of the individual words. What does this idiom suggest? “He looked us each in the eye. “I’m not going to sugarcoat this...”

• They are going to say something in a way that makes it easier to accept.

• They are going to say something in a way that makes your stomach hurt.

• They are not going to say something in a way that makes it easier to accept.

• They are going to pour sugar on top of you while they talk.

Which nickname does Jerry give to Ross?

• Dime Slot

• Youngster

• Harry Potter

• Winky

Why is Ross feeling guilty about his diagnosis and treatment?

• He feels bad that he is going to miss so much time away from school and potentially make his teachers mad.

• He feels bad that his dad has to go through all of this again, considering his

  mom went through all the cancer treatments and still passed away.

• He feels bad that it is going to cost so much money. His family cannot afford the treatments.

• He feels bad that Abby has to listen to him all the time, considering she just wants to be a normal teenager.

Ross has to start wearing a hat all the time because he needs extra protection from UV rays, even when

he’s inside. This is all due to the extra radiation he’s receiving from the treatments. Ross feels mortified

that he has to wear a hat all the time now, even in school. Which piece of text evidence proves how Ross is feeling?

• "I kind of liked the looks I got with it..."

  pg. 50

• "My head ever so gently dislodged from my neck and began to float toward the ceiling." pg. 51

• "All chances at being a half-way normal seventh graders are slipping away from me." pg. 68

• "I look like I'm going to a hoedown." pg. 70