Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
by David Lubar
Chapters 23 - 33 Questions and Vocabulary
Chapter 23, pgs. 177-184
narrative
resilient
1. Why is Mr. Franka teaching his students about the four types of writing?
2. What are the four types of writing?
3. What marks the halfway point of the school year for Scott?
4. Why does Scott think Bobby should have gone to Nashville with his friends?
5. How did Scott’s “Football Feast” article end up in the paper?
6. Who saves Scott from Vernon?
Chapter 24, pgs. 185 - 191
siphoning
1. How does Scott learn a new skill from Wesley on the way to school?
2. What information about the football team does Perry share with Scott?
3. What news does Scott receive about the baby?
4. How does Scott spend his snow day?
5. Who takes over Scott’s Spanish class?
6. How does Scott repay Wesley?
7. Name two of “Wesley’s Rules of Life”.
Chapter 25, pgs. 192 - 204
artificial
reciprocity
vulture
1. What does Lee give Scott for Valentine’s Day?
2. When Scott hears that someone from school may have committed suicide, what does he do?
3.When Scott finds out that Lee is alright, what promise does he make to himself?
4. What foreshadowing did the author provide to show that Mouth was going to try to commit suicide?
5. What confession about Mouth’s suicide attempt does Scott share with the baby?
6. Why does Scott go to the hospital to visit Mouth?
7. What is Mouth’s condition?
8. What “creeps” Scott out the most during his visit?
9. Why won’t Scott do the book review for Mouth even though he is really excited about the book?
10. Why does Scott slam Danny Roholm into a locker? What is Scott sick of?
Chapter 26, pgs. 205 - 215
omniscient
flit
gimmick
1. What is significant in the passage about viewpoint?
bambino
discrepancy
2. From which viewpoint is Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie being told?
3. What is Scott’s opinion of suicide?
4. How does Scott make school a little “less stressful for the small and the weak”?
5. Name two “Things That Happen So Far Apart That You Forget How Bad They Are”?
6. What is Scott’s choice for what they will be learning in English class for the next month?
Chapter 27, pgs. 216 - 223
caramba
1. What is ironic about Wesley’s love for cocoa and “those little marshmallows”?
2. What has Scott figured out about Kyle?
3. What is an unreliable narrator?
4. How is Scott an unreliable narrator in his April 10 entry?
5. Why do you think Bobby won’t read Scott’s article?
Chapter 28, pgs. 224 - 231
phlebotomist
1. What does Scott realize about Bobby?
2. How does Bobby feel about himself?
3. How did Bobby make it through school without his teachers noticing a problem?
4. What promise does Scott make to the baby?
5. What strange experience happens to Scott when the old couple comes in for an oil change?
6. Who does Scott give his two free play tickets to? Why?
Chapter 29, pgs. 232 - 240
guillotine
contemporary
1. Who comes to watch the play?
2. How does Scott let Bobby know he is a good brother?
3. Why does Bobby say he is lucky to have Scott?
4. What contemporary literature does Mr. Franka have the class studying?
5. Why do Scott and Kyle fight?
6. What does the fight help Scott realize about he and Kyle?
7. What was Kyle?
Bobby?
Julia?
Scott?
Chapter 30, pgs. 241 - 256
indisputable
antepenultimate
1. How is Scott a jerk toward Lee?
2. What advice does Mr. Franka give Scott?
3. How does Kelly set up Scott?
4. Why did Kelly help set up Scott?
5. Why does Kyle use Vernon to get back at Scott?
6. Name two “Good Things About Getting Beaten Up”.
7. What has Scott finally realized about Julia?
8. What does Scott decide to do about Lee?
9. Describe the chance encounter Scott has with Julia.
10. What advice does Scott give the baby about girls?
Chapter 31, pgs. 257 - 262
euphemisms
1. Why does Scott push Bobby to go to Nashville?
2. Why are Scott’s parents not mad that Bobby went?
3. How does Scott solve his problem for transportation to the dance?
Chapter 32, pgs. 263 - 276
1. How does Wesley surprise Scott?
2. How does Lee surprise Scott?
3. How do his parents surprise Scott?
4. What is special about Scott’s dad using the phrase “joyous disbelief”?
5. How does Scott end up dancing with Julia?
6. Why does Julia think that Scott has got it made?
7. What is the irony for Scott?
8. What does Scott realize about Vernon?
9. What does Lee help Scott to realize about Mouth?
10. Who are Scott’s friends?
11. What promise does Scott make to the baby?
12. What is the baby’s name?
Chapter 33, pgs. 277 - 279
paradoxically
1. What types of writing has Scott been practicing?
2. What books might Scott have added to the baby’s first collection?
3. What has Bobby been up to?
4. What has Scott concluded about life?