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First Marking Period
Question | Answer |
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Who is Melinda Sordino? | The main character of the novel. She is just starting 9th grade and is having a hard time because she was raped over the summer. |
Who is IT? | The senior boy who raped Melinda at the party. |
Who is David Petrakis? | David is Melinda’s lab partner in biology class. He is brilliant, confident, and assertive, qualities that Melinda wishes she had. |
Who is Heather? | Heather is self-absorbed and obsessed with integrating herself into the social scene. She is Melinda's first friend in 9th grade. |
Who is Mr. Freeman? | Mr. Freeman is a talented artist and teacher who is the only person in Melinda’s life to notice her depression and to encourage her to tell her story. |
Rachel | Melinda’s former best friend. Rachel hates Melinda after Melinda calls the police at a summer party to which Rachel’s brother had brought them. |
Mr. Neck | Mr. Neck is Melinda’s history teacher. He dislikes Melinda from the moment he discovers her lost in the hallway on the first day of school. |
On the first day of school, why does Melinda sit in the front of the bus? | She hopes her friends will notice her and be nice. |
What does Melinda nickname her English teacher? | Hairwoman |
What object is Melinda assigned in art class? And what does she think of it? | A Tree. She thinks it's too easy. |
How does Melinda communicate with her parents when she wants something? | Notes |
What does Melinda decide after her bathroom encounter with Rachel? | She needs new friends |
Why is Melinda unhappy at the pep rally? | The people around her are being mean to her. |
About what does Mr. Freeman continually rant? | The school Board |
Why do Melinda's parents yell at her at dinner one night? | They found out she is getting bad grades. |