View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter V ("Auditions") and Chapter VI ("Taken").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), what do readers learn that Melissa's (George's) mother is opposed to?
(a) Eating meat.
(b) Scott dating.
(c) Texting at the dinner table.
(d) Makeup.

2. In Chapter V, "Auditions," what happens when Melissa (George) gets up to get a dictionary?
(a) She overhears a part of Kelly's audition.
(b) Jeff trips her.
(c) She gets in trouble for getting out of her seat.
(d) Jeff and Rick say something mean to her.

3. The scene in Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), where Melissa (George) takes a bath is probably included to show what?
(a) How uncomfortable she is with her body.
(b) That Melissa feels dirty after being at Kelly's house.
(c) How much more clean she is than Scott.
(d) That her mother controls her like a much younger child.

4. When Kelly and Melissa (George) practice their auditions in Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), why does Melissa end up reading Charlotte's lines for most of the end of their practice?
(a) Melissa insists on doing it because she loves the part of Charlotte so much.
(b) Kelly says that she wants to read Wilbur and that Melissa is a better Charlotte than she is.
(c) Melissa begins to cry whenever she looks at the "Wilbur" script.
(d) Kelly does not care because she does not really want to be in the play, anyway.

5. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what does Kelly criticize at lunchtime?
(a) The noise of the other students.
(b) The food.
(c) Ms. Udell.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the beginning of Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), where does Melissa's (George's) father live?

2. What question does Melissa (George) want to ask her mom at dinner in Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend")?

3. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," why does Melissa (George) take a long time to get back to her classroom from her trip to the bathroom?

4. In Chapter V, "Auditions," what is distinctive about the index cards that Ms. Udell distributes to her students?

5. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what does the teacher tell Jeff and Rick?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 482 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample