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WorksheetsA Mango Shaped Space- Chapters 14 & 15
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
How does Mia feel as she absorbs the reality of Mango's death?
She has gotten over it and is concentrating on spending time with Adam at the next meeting.
She was expecting him to pass because he was sick.
The grief made her sick and she felt like someone kicked her in the stomach, her chest was burning, and her head was numb.
She decided to take a nap in hopes she felt better when she woke up.
At the beginning of Chapter 14, Mia is in a daze processing Mango's death. When she comes out of it, what does she notice?
Mom has taken Mango into the house and he isn't even there anymore.
She can't see colored shapes, and seems to have lost her ability to see color.
It has stopped raining.
Jenna is at the house to help comfort her.
What does Beth and Zack attempt to do to cheer Mia up?
Make her breakfast
Do her chores for her so she can relax
Make a healing circle with rope and burning candles
Buy Mia another cat
Mia has managed to convince herself that she was the one who killed Mango. Why does she think this?
She forgot to feed Mango and he starved to death.
She didn't give him his medication last night as scheduled, and he unknowingly slipped outside when he wasn't supposed to be in the cold.
She wanted to get a replacement cat and Mango sensed it and ran away.
She didn't let him in even though she heard him purring because she was on the phone with Adam.
What simile does Mia use to describe how she feels about Mango's death?
Like wet cardboard
Like a deflated helium balloon
A bowl of warm cream-corn soup
Dark and lost
Why does Mia get furious and scream at her mom?
Her mom admits she was the one who let Mango outside.
Mango's food and water bowl is moved and Mia felt it was too soon and felt they were trying to erase his memory.
Her mom tried to make her eat even though she said she wasn't hungry.
Her mom has told Jenna about Mango's death and Mia wanted to tell her herself.
Mia and Jenna have another fight and Jenna is once again not talking to Mia. What has caused this?
Mia is missing Jenna's birthday party and Jenna doesn't know about Mango's death. She thinks Mia has just blown her off and not shown up.
She found out about Mangos death from another person and feels this is another important thing Mia didn't tell her about.
Jenna found out that Adam is Mia's new best friend and not her.
Jenna told Kimberly that Mia got her first kiss from Adam and Mia feels betrayed.
What does Mia's dad offer to do to Mango to help Mia feel better?
Have a memorial service
Take him to the vet to see if he can be revived
Take him to a taxidermist to get stuffed so she can keep him
Buy her a new cat
Mia finally shows up to Mango's memorial service after saying she wasn't going to attend. Why does she decide to attend?
She wants to honor Mango's memory.
She doesn't go to the service, she never comes out her room.
She just goes to give dad Mango's Tweety toy so it can be buried with him and leaves.
Her parents force her to attend.
Where does Mia go after she leaves the service refusing to see Mango buried?
To Jenna's house
To her room to talk to Adam
To the cemetery to visit her grandfather's grave
Back to the helicopter, which was where Mango died
Before the family holds the memorial, where is Mango's body and how does Mia feel about where he is?
At the vet being prepared to be buried, and she is extremely sad.
In the woodshed still wrapped in his blanket, and she is upset he is being kept in the shed.
In her closet, and she wanted to be close to Mango.
Still in the helicopter, and she wanted him to remain in the space until she was ready to deal with it.
What does Mia find at the cemetery that was unexpected?
She finds a ball of fur near her grandfather's grave and she thinks it is a sign from Mango that she did not kill him.
Her friends Jenna, Kimberly, and Molly are there waiting for her trying to offer condolences.
It was raining and has stopped when she got there.
She is crying so much she gets lost and can't find her grandfather's grave.
Mia is at the cemetery and smiles for the first time in two days. What makes her smile?
She remembers Mango fondly when she saw a cat scamper by.
She visits he grandfather's grave and starts to see colors again.
Jenna tells her that her father's girlfriend is no longer in the picture.
She is happy her friends come to visit her.
In the beginning of Chapter 15, what do Mia's parents do with the family?
Order pizza with Mia's favorite toppings.
Have a family meeting to talk about how Mango's death was no one's fault.
Take them on a family day trip.
Go to visit grandpa's grave together.
What does Mia realize about Adam?
Synesthete or not, he's pretty much a jerk because he wasn't sympathetic about Mango's death.
She is falling in love with him.
He is pretending to be a synesthete.
He is losing his ability to see color as well.
Jenna asks Mia to hold out her arm and she cuts the friendship bracelet off off Mia's arm. Why did Jenna do that?
She no longer wants to be friends and Mia wont take it off.
Her mother's present to her for her 14th birthday are new bracelets.
Kimberly dared her to cut it off.
It was old and had gotten snagged on Mia's sweater.
Mia and Roger are sitting on the bleachers when he tells Mia he understands how he feels. She is about to correct him, but realizes what?
She likes him and doesn't want to argue with him.
He knows how she feels because his dog died and he loved his dog like family.
He got up and walked away.
She doesn't want to tell him her business.
What did Roger reveal to Mia that surprises her and makes them both laugh?
Kimberly thought Mia's cat was named Marshmallow and not Mango.
That he is color-blind that is why he used to wear mismatched sox.
He secretly hoped his name was pink and purple.
He has a crush on Mia that's why he would be upset when she wouldn't work on the project with him.
Who surprises Mia with a visit at her home?
Adam comes to ask for forgiveness for being insensitive.
Billy, his mother and sister stop by to visit.
Jerry stops by to check on her.
Roger stops by with flowers.
What is the surprise twist at the end of the story?
Mia ends up getting to baby sit Billy and helps him understand his synesthesia.
Mia finds out her grandmother had synesthesia.
Mia and Zach learn Mango fathered a kindle of kittens and the tiniest one looks like him.
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