The Skin I'm In Ch. 19-23

While in detention. Maleeka asks Caleb why he cleaned the boys bathroom without being told. What is Caleb's response?

• I love cleaning things. It calms me down.

• You have to take a stand when things aren't right.

• The principal told me that if I didn't, he would suspend me.

• I didn't clean the bathroom.

What does Caleb say is easier than dragging around anger like a sack of stones?

• Fighting out your problems

• Running away from conflict

• Forgiving and forgetting

• Ignoring those who are unkind

True or False: Maleeka eavesdrops (listens in) on Miss Saunders's and Tai's private conversation.

• True

• False

What does Tai say will be Miss Saunders's ruin? (What will cause Miss Saunders to fail?)

• Her bad attitude with the kids

• Getting into trouble with the other teachers

• Her need to be perfect all the time

• Putting kids in detention

Who says this: "Some of us is the wrong color. Some of us is the wrong size or got the wrong face. But that don't make us wrong people, now does it?"

• Maleeka

• Miss Saunders

• Tai

• Charlese

In Chapter 22, what does Maleeka find out she has in common with her father?

• They both hated writing

• They both played an instrument

• They both had friends that like to get them in troubled

• They both liked to write

Who comes into the principal's office and starts screaming at both the principal and Miss Saunders?

• Maleeka's mom

• Char

• Juju (Char's sister)

• The other teachers

How many times has Char been in 7th grade?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Do you think Charlese is influenced by her sister Juju? Think about how Juju acts in Chapter 23 compared to how Charlese acts throughout the novel.

• YES

• NO

Has Maleeka changed from the beginning of the novel? If yes, how has she changed?