This Study Guide Is to Be Filled As You Read the Novel

Name: Date: Period:______

13 Reasons Why Study Guide

Directions: This study guide is to be completed as you read the novel. Each cassette will be due on the dates provided. Each question must be answered in complete sentences.

DUE APRIL 10: OPENING—CASSETTE 1 (pg. 1-53)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. Who is the narrator of the story? Who is speaking on the tapes?

2. What are the rules set for listening to the tapes?

3. How does the narrator feel listening to the tapes? What is his immediate reaction?

Side B Questions:

1. What list did Alex Standall create? Describe how others reacted to it at first.

2. What are the repercussions Hannah talks about?

3. What happened to Hannah in the Blue Spot?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE APRIL 13: CASSETTE 2 (pg.54-92)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. Who is Hannah’s assigned buddy in the beginning of the year?

2. What did the 3 people do at Monet’s? Describe their rituals/interactions.

3. Why was Jessica upset with Hannah?

Side B Questions:

1. What happened to Hannah’s parents after her death?

2. Where is Hannah as she is narrating side B?

3. What trap do the girls set up to catch the peeping tom?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE APRIL 19: CASSETTE 3 (pg.93-148)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. What is Courtney Crimsen’s true side according to Hannah?

2. What does Courtney “need” Hannah for?

3. Who does Clay meet outside Tyler’s house? What happens between them?

Side B Questions:

1. Who is Jenny Kurtz? What was strange to Clay about her reaction to Hannah’s death?

2. Describe Hannah’s experience at Rosie’s.

3. What are Hannah’s feelings towards her life at the end of Cassette 3? What are Clay’s feelings?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE APRIL 24: CASSETTE 4 (pg.149-193)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. What is Peer Communications? What purpose is it supposed to serve? What purpose should it serve after Hannah’s death?

2. Explain the purpose for the compliment bag. How could it have helped Hannah?

3. Who finds Clay at Rosie’s and why?

Side B Questions:

1. How does Hannah feel about poetry?

2. What are Clay’s feelings towards Hannah at this point?

3. What is the Lost-N-Found Gazette?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE APRIL 27: CASSETTE 5 (pg. 194-231)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. Who has the second set of tapes?

2. What is the deeper meaning when Hannah says “your name doesn’t belong on this list?”

3. What happened between Clay and Hannah? How are their perspectives of the same event different? How are they similar?

Side B Questions:

1. What happens after Clay leaves Hannah in the room? Who comes in?

2. What is implied to have happened to Jessica?

3. How does Hannah react to what is happening?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE MAY 2: CASSETTE 6 (pg. 232-267)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. What is Tony’s role with the tapes? What connection does he have to Hannah Baker?

2. What emotions does Tony have in being involved? What is the major feeling he has towards this situation?

3. Describe the accident and its repercussions for the characters.

Side B Questions:

1. What are Hannah’s feelings towards suicide at this point in the story?

2. What is Hannah’s explanation for her actions? Is she trying to justify her decision, or is she at the breaking point in her life?

3. What is Hannah’s emotional state when she is involved with Bryce? What is her mental and emotional state at the end of the tapes?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

DUE MAY 5: CASSETTE 7—THE NEXT DAY (pg. 268-288)

Summary (at least 5 sentences): ______

Side A Questions:

1. Why is Hannah asking for help? What does this reveal about her character? What are your feelings towards her behavior?

2. Is Hannah being clear with Mr. Porter on why she is speaking to him? Explain.

3. What options does Mr. Porter give Hannah? Are they helpful to her or to anyone else in a similar situation?

4. How does Hannah react to Mr. Porter’s advice?

5. What does Clay decide to do at the end of the novel? Why do you think he decides to do this?

What is one memorable quote from this cassette? Why is it memorable?

Directions: As you read each side of each cassette, complete the following chart. This section does not need to be written in complete sentences, but it does need to include a lot of detail.