Cactus Quiz: Ch. 37 - 39

1. What does Aven learn about the necklace?

• A bird had stolen the necklace and must have dropped it on the hill.
• Someone had taken the necklace and buried it on the hill.
• After they spread her mom's ashes on the hill, they hung the necklace on a wooden cross.

• The necklace belongs to someone else and has nothing to do with the Cavanaughs.

2. Aven blogs that the most essential supplies that armlesss teenagers need are:

• lots of comfortable shoes
• good friends
• their own blogs
• supportive grandparents

3. What was an unexpected surprise at the festival?

• Aven and her friends pull another prank.
• Aven played the guitar in front of the crowd.
• Henry suddenly gets his memory back.
• Connor sings in front of the crowd.

4. What items were used during the festival that has great meaning for Aven?

• the necklace
• the guitar
• the necklace and guitar
• the photograph

5. What does Aven spot as they climb up the hill?

• a snake
• a scorpion
• a tarantula
• another necklace

6. What does Aven name her blog?

• The Middle Schooler's Guide to Survival
• The Unarmed Middle Schooler's Guide to Survival
• The Armless Guide to Middle School
• The Freak's Guide to Surviving Middle School

7. What does Aven want to do for her birth mom?

• Set up a memorial bench in her honor.
• Print a big picture of her mom to hang in her room.
• Blog about her birth mother and adoption story.
• Build a memorial for her mom on the hill.

8. What do Aven, Connor, and Zion finally have the courage to do together at the end of the novel?

• eat together in the cafeteria
• go to the movies
• play video games in the big arcade across from the school
• go out to dinner in a fancy restaurant

9. How has Connor grown and changed over the course of the book? Give details.

10. How has this book impacted the way you think about people with disabilities? How or why? Explain.