Reading Questions for 'Checkouts' by Cynthia Rylant



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Reading Questions for "Checkouts" by Cynthia Rylant

1. How did the girl feel about moving to Cincinnati? _________________________________________

2. Once she got to Cincinnati, what did she spend most of her time doing? ________________________

3. Why did she like to go grocery shopping? ________________________________________________

4. What feeling came to her only in the supermarket?_________________________________________

5. How did she fall in love with the bag boy? _______________________________________________

6. What did the bag boy think that the girl thought of him when he broke the mayonnaise jar? ________

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7. What did the girl love about the bag boy? ________________________________________________

8. After the mayonnaise incident, how long was it before they saw each other again? _______________

9. How did the two act when they finally saw each other again? ________________________________

10. What does the author say is often the way of children when they want a thing? _________________

Critical Thinking

11. Explain the irony in the story "Checkouts." ______________________________________________

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12. Why did the boy and the girl not talk to each other? _______________________________________

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