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David LevithanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 1-3
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. No matter who A inhabits, mornings involve dressing, hurrying through breakfast, and getting out the door. (Chapter 2)
Chapters 4-6
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. A decides to hijack Amy Tran’s life for his own purposes. He does not follow the normal routine Amy would follow; instead, A acts on his own desire, to find Rhiannon at her school, an hour away. (Chapter 4)
Chapters 7-9
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. They think religions have much more in common than many people expect. The beliefs of all the different religions are essentially the same. (Chapter 7)
Chapters 10-12
Reading Check
1. Paul and Tom (Chapter 10)
2. Mental illness, specifically depression (Chapter 12)
Short Answer
1. Because people either see him in black-and-white terms, as either a freak or an oracle. In telling his story, the people around him have stopped treating him like a normal sixteen-year-old boy. (Chapter 11)
By David Levithan