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Jake Reinvented Reading Packet

Directions: While we read each chapter, fill out the following questions. You will turn in this entire packet at the end of each class period with the questions for that specific chapter answered.

Write a description for each of the following characters as they come up in the book.
Rick- Jennifer-
Jake- Didi-
Todd- Kevin Fontaine-
Nelson- Melissa-
Jake’s dad- Mrs. Appleford-
Dipsy-

Chapter 1

  1. Describe the scene of the party at Jake’s house.
  1. What is your impression of Jake after reading Chapter 1?

Chapter 2

  1. How did Jake get recruited on the F. Scott Fitzgerald High School football team? Why does he only have one position?
  1. Why is Jake at AtlanticaUniversity? What do you think is going on based on his conversation with the college students?
  1. Why do you think Jake calls everyone “baby?”

Chapter 3

  1. After reading page 38, how does Todd feel about his relationship with Melissa compared to his relationship with Didi?
  1. Why is Jake so hung up on Jennifer coming to his next party?
  2. What does Rick mean on page 39 when he says, “I couldn’t help noticing that while he talked to everybody, he didn’t really talk to anybody?” How can that be possible?
  1. After reading Chapter 3, who makes tanned, confident Jake turn “white to the ears” (page 40)? Who does Jake only have eyes for?

Chapter 4

  1. How do Didi and Jake know eachother?
  1. How would you rate the success of Jake’s party in Chapter 4?

Chapter 5

  1. Why does Jake have a college Term Grad paper on his desk?
  1. What kind of trophy did Rick find in Jake’s room? What does this imply about Jake?
  1. At the end of Chapter 5, why is Jake willing to throw another party after the huge clean up from the previous one and almost getting caught by his dad?

Chapter 6

  1. What happened when Rick and Jennifer went on a date?
  1. What will Rick never forget about Dipsy?

Chapter 7

  1. Why did Jake and Didi go to a Japanese movie and only stay for half of it?

Chapter 8

  1. Why are none of Rick’s friends in any of Jake’s classes?
  1. Why did Didi come to the football game? How does Jake feel about this?

Chapter 9

  1. What is Jennifer’s response when Rick questions who Didi is really with, Todd or Jake? What analogy does she use?
  1. Why does Todd deserve what he gets on page 107?
  1. How is the atmosphere of this party different than it was in Chapter 4?

Chapter 10

  1. Why does Nelson flip out before the football game? How does Todd calm him down?
  1. At the end of Chapter 10, Rick says he is finally getting to know the real Didi. What does he mean? What is the real Didi like?

Chapter 11

  1. What rumors about Jake are floating around? What rumor did Todd spread?
  1. What happens between Jennifer and Rick?

Chapter 12

  1. How does Todd react when Nelson finally figures out the truth?
  1. After finishing Chapter 12, what do you think will happen at the upcoming party?

Chapter 13

  1. What happens to the potential relationship between Jennifer and Rick?
  1. Why does Rick say, “Way to go, Jake?”

Chapter 14

  1. What goes down with Todd, Nelson, Jake, and Didi?
  1. What happens to Jake’s house and party?

Chapter 15

  1. How does Jake feel after the party is over and Rick talks to him?
  1. What does Rick uncover in Jake’s closet? How does Rick react?
  1. On page 188, why won’t Jake “let himself be saved” by Rick?

Chapter 16

  1. Why is Rick bitter before Jake’s trial?
  1. Who shows up to the trial with Rick?
  1. On page 198, what was in it for Dipsy to come to Jake’s parties and be the clown?
  1. Why does Rick have a newfound respect for Dipsy?
  1. On page 205, why does Jake hug Rick like “the desperate grasp of a dying man?” What happened with the trial?
  1. Why do you think Jake’s dream did not play out how it was intended?

Chapter 17

  1. On page 209, what does Todd tell the team when he finds out Jake is not on the team anymore?
  1. On page 211, what information do we find out about why the date went wrong at the apple orchard with Rick and Jennifer?
  1. How does the book end with Rick and Jennifer?