Name: ______Per. _____ Date: 4-28-17
READING CHECK ON PARAGRAPHS 18-23 IN “WHATEVER DOESN’T KILL ME”
Directions: Read the following questions on the story, “Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me,” and respond to each using
complete sentence. Use details from the story and clear explanations to support your responses.
1. Often, the victims of crime continue to suffer long after they are attacked. Besides suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the narrator lost his apartment and his business. In the 18th paragraph, what other way was the narrator made to suffer. Describe TWO ways this makes the narrator suffer. (What negative effect does it have on him?)
A. In the 18th paragraph, the narrator suffers because: ______
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B. One way this makes the narrator suffer is: ______
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2. In the 20th paragraph, the narrator describes going to Victim Assistance for help. In the paragraph, he describes the cubicle where the person helping him works. What object in the person’s cubicle lets us know that he probably will not receive any help? Explain HOW this object suggests that he will not receive any help.
A. In the 20th paragraph, the object in the cubicle that lets us know the narrator probably will not receive any help is: ______
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B. This object lets us know the narrator will probably not receive any help because: ______
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3. What detail in the 21st paragraph makes it clear that the person working at Victim Assistance is not much help?
A. The detail from the 21st paragraph that makes it clear that the person working at Victim Assistance is not much help is: (Copy the detail.) “______
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B. This detail makes it clear that the person working at Victim Assistance is not much help is because: ______
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4. Paragraph 23 suggests on potentially negative way the narrator deals with his problems. What detail in the paragraph suggests this?
A. The detail from the 23rd paragraph that suggests a negative way the narrator deals with his problem is: (copy detail) “______”
B. This detail suggests a negative way he is dealing with his problem because: ______
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5. EXTRA-CREDIT: In the 20th paragraph, the narrator compares the girl working at Victim Assistance with Reese Witherspoon in the movie Legally Blonde. What is the narrator trying to convey about the girl through this comparison?
By comparing the girl working at Victim Assistant with Reese Witherspoon in the movie Legally Blonde, he is trying to convey that she:______
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