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Name _____________________________________________________ Period ________RulesBy Cynthia LordChapter One-Follow the Rules (1-12)What is David’s favorite place to visit? ____________________________________________________Why is Catherine excited about the family that is moving in next door? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is David’s rule if someone says hi to him? _____________________________________________What is ‘wrong” with David? ___________________________________________________________What time is David’s dad supposed to be home? ____________________________________________Explain an easy rule for David and one of the more complicated ones.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Two-Don’t Run Down the Clinic Hallway (13-28)What is David’s occupational therapist’s name? ____________________________________________What book series did Catherine’s mom begin reading to her when she was seven years old? ___________________________________________________________________________________What hobby does Catherine have which occupies her time in the waiting room? ___________________________________________________________________________________How does this hobby get Catherine in trouble (or at least embarrass her)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What does Jason “say”/communicate that surprises Catherine? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why does Catherine still like going to clinic with her mom and brother even though she could stay home? (See pp. 13-15 for the answer) while David is in occupational therapy.) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Three-If it’s too Loud, Cover your Ears or Ask the Other Person to be Quiet (29-40)What is the name of the boy who teases David on the bus? ___________________________________Where does Catherine’s dad work? ______________________________________________________Why does Catherine’s mom only work part time? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What sometimes works to sidetrack David and stop him from being so anxious or precise about the time? ______________________________________________________________________________What is one of David’s favorite books? ___________________________________________________The twelve year old girl who is moving in next door’s first words to Catherine were, “Is he okay?” Why do you think this might upset Catherine?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Four-Sometimes, You Gotta Work With What You Got (41-49)What communication card did Catherine make for Jason? ____________________________________What would Catherine like to add to Jason’s communication cards? ___________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Five-If You Don’t Have the Words You Need, Borrow Someone Else’s (50-58) Why is Catherine’s computer password “anthropological”? __________________________________________________________________________________What did David put in the fishtank? _____________________________________________________Why did Catherine suddenly pull the curtains closed? _______________________________________Name one or two different kinds of words Catherine made for Jason’s communication book. Why do you think she chose these words?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Six-Sometimes Things Work Out, But Don’t Count On It (59-65)Why doesn’t Catherine want David to be at the barbecue? ____________________________________________________________________________________What game are David and his dad playing? _________________________________________________What frightens David while he is playing with his dad? _______________________________________Chapter Seven-Saying You’ll Do Something Means You Have to Do it-Unless You Have a Very Good Excuse (66-75)What does Jason “tell” Catherine? ________________________________________________________What does Catherine offer to do for Jason? ____________________________________________________________________________________Why do you think Catherine lied about the neighbors being busy and not able to attend the barbecue?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Eight-If you Can Only Choose One, Pick Carefully (76-88)What video was David watching at the start of the chapter? __________________________________________________________________________________What happens to make David upset? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does Catherine calm David down while taking care of the problem? (see question #2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When Catherine returned to her room, what was Kristi looking at? ____________________________________________________________________________________Where did Catherine go at the end of the chapter? ____________________________________________________________________________________Why did Catherine feel guilty about going over to Kristi’s house? Why did she go anyway?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Nine-At Someone Else’s House, You Have to Follow Their Rules (89-97)What is different about Kristi’s room? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Where does Kristi volunteer? ____________________________________________________________What game did Kristi and Catherine play in her driveway? ____________________________________Chapter Ten-If It Fits in Your Mouth, It’s Food (98-103)What does Catherine bring to occupational therapy to show Jason? ___________________________________________________________________________________What does the therapist always do which annoys Jason? ______________________________________What does Catherine want to get at the mall? Why?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Eleven Sometimes People Laugh When They Like You, But Sometimes They Laugh to Hurt You (104-112)What does Ryan ask/tell David to do? ___________________________________________________What does Ryan have that David wants? _________________________________________________Chapter Twelve-Open Closet Doors Carefully, Sometimes Things Fall Out (113-123)What does Jason sometimes wish? ____________________________________________________What does Catherine do to make Jason feel like he is running? ________________________________________________________________________________What did Catherine discover after she made Jason feel like he was running? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do you think Catherine is so patient with Jason, yet she has absolutely no patience for David?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Thirteen-Sometimes People Don’t Answer You Because They Don’t Hear You. Other Times It’s Because They Don’t Want to Hear You (124-128)What does Catherine wish she and her dad could/would do? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Fourteen-No Toys in the Fish Tank (129-144)Where did Catherine and Kristi go together? _______________________________________________When Kristi looked at Ryan’s house, what did Catherine wonder? ___________________________________________________________________________________When Catherine and Kristi talk about wishes, what does Kristi wish for? ___________________________________________________________________________________What does Kristi want Catherine to do? ___________________________________________________________________________________How do you think Kristi would react if Catherine told the truth about Jason? Explain your answer.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Fifteen-Solving One Problem Can Create Another (145-154)What did Jason receive for his birthday? ___________________________________________________What invitation does Jason make to Catherine? _____________________________________________What word does Jason use to describe Catherine? ___________________________________________Chapter Sixteen-No Dancing Unless I’m Alone in my Room or It’s Pitch Black Dark (155-161)What excuse does Catherine make to avoid having to go to the dance? ___________________________________________________________________________________What did Kristi and David do together (very briefly)? ________________________________________Who did Catherine see while walking Jason? Why do you think Catherine avoided her?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Seventeen-Not Everything Worth Keeping Has to be Useful (162-166)What did Catherine buy for Jason? ______________________________________________________Chapter Eighteen-Pantless Brothers are not my Problem (167-177)What communication card/picture did Jason not like? ___________________________________________________________________________________What musical instrument is in Jason’s room? _______________________________________________What did Jason ask Catherine (at the birthday party)? ____________________________________________________________________________________What word did Jason use in place of rule? _________________________________________________What rule does Catherine use for not wanting to attend the dance, and how does Jason react/respond?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Nineteen-Some People Think They Know You When They Really Don’t (178-185)What made David cry? ____________________________________________________________________________________What did Jason do when Catherine called his house? ____________________________________________________________________________________Why did Catherine want to talk with him? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Twenty-Late Doesn’t Mean Not Coming (186-190)Who brings Catherine and David to the dance? ______________________________________________What wish did David make? ____________________________________________________________What was Catherine’s first wish? Explain your answer, including her second wish.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Chapter Twenty One-A Real Conversation Takes Two People (191-197)What was David doing the last time Catherine saw him? _________________________________________________________________________________After Catherine calls Jason a good friend, what word does she use to describe herself? ____________Chapter 22-If You Need to Borrow Words, Arnold Lobel Wrote Some Good Ones (198-200)What did Catherine and Jason do together? _____________________________________________What did Catherine circle on her calendar? ________________________________________________________________________________What rule did David break in this chapter? ________________________________________________________________________________ How did Catherine handle the broken rule this time? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Essay QuestionsCatherine’s feelings for Jason changed during the story. How did she feel about him when she first met him? How did their relationship change over the course of the book? Give examples to support your answer.Catherine created many rules for both David and her to live by. However, one rule she has failed to understand, and live by, is simply to be yourself or be honest. Explain how Catherine could or should have been more honest about (pick one) her brother or for Jason. ................
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