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The Girl Who Was Supposed To Die
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Reading Questions & Paired Texts
Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
CHAPTERS 1-13
Reading Check
1. When the protagonist first regains consciousness, what does she remember about herself?
2. What color shoes does the narrator notice one captor wears?
3. What does the narrator take with her as she flees the cabin?
4. Where does Cady stop to rest and eat?
5. Who is Ty?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. After fighting the man dragging her into the woods, what does Cady realize about how she fought, and what does it suggest?
2. Why doesn’t the narrator stop any of the cars she sees or call 911? Why does she choose to stop at Newberry Ranch?
3. What does Officer Dillow tell Cady about Cady’s identity? How does Cady react to this information?
4. Why does Cady leave with Ty?
CHAPTERS 14-25
Reading Check
1. Who is James?
2. Outside of high school, what is Ty studying?
3. How are Ty and Audrey connected?
4. Where do Ty and Cady believe Cady is from?
5. How does Ty diagnose Cady’s amnesia?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How are the people looking for Cady trying to frame her?
2. How does James help Cady?
3. What do Cady and her new allies realize about the men chasing her?
4. Why is Cady upset when she sees her Facebook page?
Paired Resource
“Dissociative Amnesia: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment”
- The Cleveland Clinic presents information about dissociative amnesia.
- This connects to the theme of Trust and Vulnerability.
- How does Cady’s amnesia increase her vulnerability?
“Life Kit: Cultivating a Chosen Family”
- This resource from NPR includes a written interview and 3-minute audio about chosen family.
- This connects to the themes of Trust and Vulnerability and The Enduring Strength of Family Ties.
- In what way is Ty becoming family for Cady?
CHAPTERS 26-36
Reading Check
1. When Elizabeth tells Ty he should leave now that Cady is with her, what does he do?
2. Where do Cady’s parents work?
3. Who does Elizabeth reveal she really is?
4. What is motivating the heads of Z-Biotech?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why do Cady and Ty steal a car?
2. How did Ty become unhoused?
3. Why are Cady and her family in danger?
4. How did Cady learn to fight?
5. How does Cady contact her parents?
Paired Resource
“Bioweapons Research Is Banned by an International Treaty – but Nobody Is Checking for Violations”
- This resource from Brandeis presents some history behind international negotiations about bioweapons.
- This connects to the themes of The Effects of Greed on Humanity and Trust and Vulnerability.
- How does this article explain how Z-Biotech has been able to develop a biological weapon?
“Greed: How Economic Selfishness Harms Us All”
- This Scientific American article examines greed and how it can affect society.
- This connects to the theme of The Effects of Greed on Humanity.
- How are the heads of Z-Biotech demonstrating the harm that greed can cause?
CHAPTERS 37-41
Reading Check
1. Who finds and threatens Cady and Ty at the lab?
2. Where is Cady reunited with her mom?
3. When does the final chapter take place?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why do Cady and Ty go to Z-Biotech?
2. When Cady wakes near her mom, how does Cady react?
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Reading Questions Answer Key
CHAPTERS 1-13
Reading Check
1. Nothing (Chapter 1)
2. Oxblood (Chapter 1)
3. A picture she thinks is of her family, the wallet and car of the man who tried to kill her, and a coat she finds (Chapters 3-4)
4. McDonald’s (Chapter 10)
5. Cady meets Ty at McDonald’s, where he works, and he ends up helping her. (Chapters 10-13)
Short Answer
1. She acted on impulse and had effective moves to escape. She reflects that she did not plan them but just knew what to do, which suggests she has had some training. (Chapter 2)
2. She is afraid to stop someone and have them be dangerous. She does not know the people who are after her. She is also not sure where she is, so she decides against calling 911. She stops at Newberry Ranch because it has a police station. (Chapters 5-6)
3. Officer Dillow tells her he spoke with someone who said she had escaped from a mental hospital. Cady does not feel like it is true, although she is not sure due to her amnesia. She remembers she has the gun she took from the man trying to kill her. She uses it to escape. (Chapters 7-8)
4. With the men looking for her watching the whole area around McDonald’s, Cady has limited options, and Ty offers to help her. She considers leaving on her own but wants an ally. (Chapters 11-13)
CHAPTERS 14-25
Reading Check
1. Ty’s roommate, who helps Cady (Chapter 14)
2. To be an EMT (Chapters 15-16)
3. They are friends and met because they both experienced houselessness. (Chapter 21)
4. Portland (Chapter 22)
5. He uses his medical knowledge and researches at the library. (Chapter 22)
Short Answer
1. They leak video footage of her with a gun near Officer Dillow, whom they killed. They also publish a fake Facebook page that looks like she is apologizing. (Chapters 16-24)
2. James allows her to stay in the apartment and does not tell anyone where she is. James refuses to allow the people with badges into the apartment, where she is hiding. (Chapters 14-19)
3. The men chasing her are tracing her using the cell phone. They are keeping watch outside the apartment, so she needs to escape in a disguise. (Chapters 14-19)
4. The Facebook page makes it appear like she killed Officer Dillow. She is still not sure who she is and begins to believe the lie and feel extreme remorse. (Chapters 23-24)
CHAPTERS 26-36
Reading Check
1. He refuses, saying he will stay with Cady. (Chapter 29)
2. Z-Biotech (Chapter 29)
3. Senior vice president of marketing for Z-Biotech (Chapter 35)
4. Money (Chapter 35)
Short Answer
1. They think the bus stop is being watched, so they can’t take the bus to Portland. They need to get to Portland because they believe it is where Cady is from. (Chapter 26)
2. His dad died skiing. His mom and stepfather kicked him out, so he ended up on his own until he created a new support network. (Chapter 27)
3. The heads of Z-Biotech are developing a bioweapon and vaccine in hopes of selling the vaccine and making a lot of money. They realize Cady’s parents have discovered their plan, so they are trying to eliminate them. (Chapters 29-31)
4. Her parents enrolled her in martial arts classes when they realized the danger that she was in. (Chapter 33)
5. Cady realizes her parents are trying to send her a message. They left a message about their family car being located at her school. Cady looks at Craigslist and discovers an ad about the car with clues only she would understand. (Chapter 36)
CHAPTERS 37-41
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. Cady’s mom tells her that her brother, Max, accidentally got infected with the hantavirus. The vaccine is at Z-Biotech, so Ty and Cady sneak in to find it. (Chapters 37-39)
2. Cady asks about her brother, father, and Ty. She requires time to realize everything is really over and she is safe, and then she falls asleep. (Chapter 40)
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