Crystal's Powers [The Weird Ones, #1]

What object flies off of Crystal’s desk at the beginning of this story?

• her glasses

• a phone

• a pencil

• a book

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What caused Crystal and her parents to move to a new town?

• Her parents thought that the city was too chaotic for Crystal.

• Her parents wanted to move closer to her grandparents.

• The new town had better schools than their old town.

• Her parents both got jobs at a bioengineering research lab.

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What can you conclude about Crystal and her powers based on this information?

• Crystal has to close her eyes and focus in order to use her powers.

• Crystal uses her mind and her vision to experiment with her powers.

• Crystal’s powers only work at night, when there isn’t much light.

• Crystal wants to research her new powers but doesn’t know where to start.

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What scares Crystal about her powers?

• She is worried that she’ll lose control and hurt someone.

• She is worried that the powers will change her personality.

• She is worried that people will think she’s a “freak.”

• She is worried that she’ll have to leave home.

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What is the main idea of this text?

• Crystal develops strange new powers when her family moves to a new town, and as she’s trying to decide what to do about her powers, she meets someone else with similar strange powers.

• Crystal’s family moves to a town because her parents are mathematicians and they want to work at the Stephens Institute, a powerful research center for technology, bioengineering, and math.

• Crystal’s mom thinks that she throws a math book onto the floor at the beginning of this story because she is worried that Crystal doesn’t like math very much, which concerns her mom.

• Crystal has a scary experience while she is biking to school one windy day when a tree branch crashes down off of a tree and almost falls on her.

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Why does the author choose to end the story with the tree branch falling?

• to make readers angry

• to create suspense

• to make readers laugh

• to create enemies

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Choose the word that best completes the following sentence.

A giant tree branch almost hits Crystal, _____ she is saved by another kid with powers

• eventually

• for example

• at first

• but

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Why does Crystal decide to keep her powers a secret from her parents?

How does Crystal figure out the limits of her powers?

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How does Crystal feel about her powers in this story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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