Reading Check

1. My favorite part was when their father came home a summer night all beat up and damaged. This is my favorite part because it is very mysterious. He tells Jeannette that he "Got into a fight with a mountain, and the mountain won". Obviously he didn't really get into a fight with a mountain. Then Jeannette had to help him buy sewing up the cuts for him. This was crazy because he had his child do something he should’ve had done at a hospital.

2.
1. What do you think really happened to Jeannette's father?
2. Do you believe Erma's death actually helped the family? Or set them back?
3. Do you believe Jeannette is starting to realize her parents are bad parents?

3. They got him in trouble.

4. They make Maureen a priority because they feel bad for her because their parents aren't doing a good job of taking care of Maureen and they want her to have a good life.

5. It ran away.

6. She died .

7. They find a iguana .

8. She makes a Slingshot.

9. She wants to help Maureen but she believes she’s not doing the best job of taking care of her like she wants to.

10. He wants to take her on an adventure.