When You Reach Me Pages 1-42

What is the name of the protagonist in this story?

• The Laughing Man

• Miranda

• Julia

• Richard

Miranda states at the beginning of the book that she has to write a letter to someone explaining what happened. Who is she writing to?

• Her future self

• Anne Marie

• Sal

• We don't know yet - it's still a mystery at this point in the story.

Miranda's mom is going to be a contestant on what game show?

• The 20,000 Dollar Pyramid

• Jeopardy

• The Price is Right

• Wheel of Fortune

How does Miranda's mom get her supplies for practicing the game at home?

• She goes to the Staples store

• Sal's mom gets them for her

• She steals them from work

• Richard buys them for her

What happens to Sal one afternoon while he and Miranda are walking home from school?

• He decides to walk home with his new girlfriend instead

• He trips over the curb and bruises his face

• He gets hit by a car

• He gets punched by a kid in a green army jacket.

Reread the paragraph about Sal. What can we learn about Miranda and Sal's relationship through her memory?

• Miranda and Sal used to go to daycare together but weren't really friends.

• Miranda and Sal have know each other since they were small kids in daycare, but were never really close.

• Miranda and Sal met as small kids in daycare, and were inseparable.

What was the setting of the story?

• 1980s Boston
• 2000s New York City
• 1990s Washington D.C.
• 1970s New York City

Why do people think the "laughing man" is crazy? (Select ALL that apply) (3)

• He punches himself in the stomach

• He mumbles "bookbag, pocketshoe."

• He shakes his fist and yells at cars going by

• He makes sudden kicks into the street like he's trying to punt one of the cars.

• He sleeps with his head under a mailbox.

What point of view is this story told in and who’s the main character? 

• It is told in second-person point of view and the main character is Sal.

• It is told in third-person point of view and the main character is Miranda.

• It is told in first-person point of view and the main character is the Laughing Man.

• It is told in first-person point of view and the main character is Miranda.

Why does Miranda’s mom need to win the game show? 

• The family needs money to move to a new city.

• Because her mom hates working and if she wins, she doesn’t have to work anymore.

• Miranda's dad is sick and needs an operation.

• She thinks it would be fun to be on a game show and win.