Echo Week 10 Comprehension Questions

Echo Week 10 Comprehension Questions

Part 2, Chapters 14 - 19, pages 300 - 337


Directions:  Answer the following questions with at least one complete sentence and submit your answers to Turnitin.com before 2/12/18 at 8:15 am for full credit.  DO NOT recopy the questions in your final answer submission -- only submit your own original answers. 

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Part 2, Chapter 14
1. Why does Mike feel guilty? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
2. “But her gaze dropped to the ground” (303). What does this say about Mrs. Sturbridge?
3. What did Mr. Howard remind Mrs. Sturbridge about her father‛s wishes?
4. What has Mr. Howard done to stick by Mrs. Sturbridge‛s side?
5. Mike wonders a few questions at the end of the chapter: What did her dead father have to do with their adoption? Who was Henry? And what was she trying to undo? What do you think are the answers to these questions? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Part 2, Chapter 15
6. “‘And I‛m afraid of losing the things I‛m beginning to care about‛” (305). Why is the word beginning italicized?
7. What does Frankie find out about the relationship between Mr. Howard and Eunie?
8. Who is Henry? What happened to him?
9. Why did Eunie‛s father change his will? What stipulations are in his will?
10. How are Mr. Howard, the lawyers, Mrs. Potter, Mr. Potter, and Eunie all guilty in this situation? Hint: What are they keeping from Mike and Frankie?
11. Why did Mr. Howard decide to bring both Mike and Frankie back to the house? Use evidence to support your answer.
12. Why does Mr. Howard believe that things with Eunie could be different for Mike and Frankie?
13. Why is Mr. Howard not adopting Mike and Frankie?
14. “... staring at the Good Humor bar, watching the chocolate slide from the vanilla center. He held it over the grass as it fell apart: first the shell and then the insides” (313). How can this line mean something deeper?

Part 2, Chapter 16
15. What is Mike‛s new plan?
16. Mike thinks back to what Mouse said to him. How could this advice come in handy during this time?

Part 2, Chapter 17
17. What does Mike do with Mouse‛s advice?
18. Summarize what Mike says to Mrs. Sturbridge? Why, at one point in the conversation, does she not say anything?
19. “But Mike was sure he saw tears rolling down the side of her cheek. If only he knew what they meant” (323). What do you think the tears mean? Use evidence to support your answer.
 
Part 2, Chapter 18
20. What did Mrs. Sturbridge do that she has not done in a long time?

Part 2, Chapter 19
21. “‘But, I want you to know that no matter what happens with the band…” (330). What do you think she was going to say until she was interrupted?
22. Why do you think Mrs. Sturbridge had a change of heart? What did she tell Mike?
23. How has the house changed?
24. What advice did Mrs. Sturbridge give Mike about his upcoming audition?
25. “But Mike knew it wasn‛t a miracle” (337). Do you think this was a miracle? Why or why not? Use evidence to support your answer.