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Please Stop Laughing at Me
Study Guide Part 2
Please answer the following questions for each chapter. Each BOX will require you to use DIRECT EVIDENCE
from the book. If there is not a box, you may answer the question in your own words.
Chapter 8
High School Horrors
1. Explain the quote “The hardest thing about being an outcast isn’t the love you don’t receive. It’s the love
you long to give that nobody wants” (139).
2-3. Why does Jodee have a meeting with Ms. O’Shea and the principal? What is the outcome of the
meeting?
4-5. Why does Jodee get upset at Mr. Horn? What is Mr. Horn’s response to Jodee’s reaction?
6. How does Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” compare to Jodee’s life?
7. Explain what happens at the speech contest.
8. What did Jodee do when she got home from the competition?
Chapter 9
Discovering Atlantis
9. Where is the Blanco family going for a two-week vacation?
10. Who is Goddess Aphrodite? What literary element is the mention of Aphrodite in this book an example
of?
11. Who is Niko?
12. What “secret” does Jodee share with Niko?
Chapter 10
Freak Show
13. What does the note from Jodee’s doctor say?
14. What did A.J. and Jacklyn do to Jodee?
15. What has happened to Noreen?
16. What is the difference between Jodee and Noreen?
17. Who is Ms. Linstrom?
18. Describe Annie.
19-21. Describe Bill, Dino, and David.
Bill
Dino
David
Chapter 11
An Unexpected Haven
22. When you’re a victim of abuse, you can do one of what two things?
23. What is the purpose of a “memory journal”?
24. How is Tim different from the others?
Chapter 12
The Reconstructionist
25. Why is Jodee nervous about her trip to Minnesota?
26. What is Jodee’s condition referred to as?
27. At the end of the chapter, what did Jodee’s dad do for her?
Chapter 13
The Turning Point
28-29. According to Jodee, what is the rainbow over the horizon? What does that mean?
30. What does Nadia tell Jodee that no one has really directly told her before?
31. Why does Jodee feel uncomfortable during the first few weeks of school?
32. Describe Andre.
33. What college has Jodee selected to attend?
34. Who was the new kid at Samuels and how has he changed?
35. Why is Jodee so upset about what Tyler wrote in her yearbook?
Chapter 14
The Reunion
35-40. Using complete sentences, write a summary of what happens at the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
REUNION (the first part of the chapter). Make sure to include at least 3 main points. Your summary
should be at least one paragraph!
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41-47. Explain what happens when Jodee talks to the following people at her HIGH SCHOOL REUNION:
Jacklyn
AJ
Noreen
Mark
Nadia
Tyler
Mitch
48. Now that you have read the whole story, do you think Jodee is a reliable narrator? (circle one)
Yes
No
First, give two reasons why or why not, and then find at least 2 quotes to support your belief.
49. Reason 1 –
50. Reason 2 –
51. Quote 1 to support your opinion
52. Quote 2 to support your opinion
53-60. So, did you like the book? Why or why not? Should I use it again next year? If so, why? What was
good about it? If not, why not? What didn’t work for you? Do you have any suggestions for other books I
could use instead?