Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life 17-19

Why does Rafe create the “No Hurt Rule” for Operation RAFE?

• He wants to avoid getting in trouble at school.

• He realizes that hurting others makes him feel guilty, especially when he sees Bear yell at Georgia.

• Leo tells him that it's part of the rules of middle school.

What effect does the author create by comparing Bear to “the biggest meanest little kid you ever saw”?

• It shows Bear is actually very young.

• It emphasizes Bear’s childish and cruel behavior.

• It makes Bear seem funny and harmless.

What does Rafe mean when he says Bear “had his sense of humor surgically removed in 1985”?

• Bear used to be a doctor.

• Bear is very strict and serious.

• Bear laughs at everything.

What does the reader learn about Rafe’s personality from how he sneaks the Zoom and the remote?

• He enjoys solving problems creatively, even when he’s breaking rules.

• He never does anything wrong.

• He is afraid of everything.

Why does Rafe lie to his mom about seeing Leo?

• He doesn’t want Leo to get in trouble.

• He wants to protect his mom from worrying.

• He forgot who Leo was.

Why does the author describe the cafeteria food as "meatloaf that melts trays"?

• The author uses metaphor to scare students about middle school lunch

• The author uses a simile to show how picky Rafe is.

• The author uses the hyperbole to add humor to the story.

What does Rafe mean when he compares sneaking the remote to “defusing a bomb”?

• It’s a dangerous task that requires caution.

• He wants to become a scientist.

• He needs a bomb to scare Bear.

Which theme is developed through Rafe’s decision to avoid hurting others during his rule-breaking game?

• The importance of imagination

• Learning to take responsibility

• School rules are unfair

What can the reader infer from the fact that Rafe writes everything down in his Operation RAFE notebook?

• He wants to keep track because he takes the game seriously.

• He wants to turn it in as homework.

• He wants to write a book.

How does the author use setting (Bear sleeping, Georgia in bed, mom working late) to show Rafe’s home life?

• Rafe is always home alone because his family is very rich.

• Rafe has freedom, but also loneliness and responsibility.

• Rafe lives in a quiet and boring neighborhood.