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Jennifer EganA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What is Sasha’s secret?
2. What reminds Sasha of her friend Lizzie?
3. What does Sasha take from Alex?
4. What is the name of the band Bennie signed to Sow’s Ear Records?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What about Sasha’s conversation with her therapist suggests that she wants to move on?
2. Why might Bennie be happy that he let his son taste the gold flakes?
3. When does Chapter 2, “The Gold Cure,” take place in relation to Chapter 1, “Found Objects”? How do you know?
Paired Resource
“The Egg” by Andy Weir
Reading Check
1. Where does Bennie arrange for his friends’ band to play?
2. What is Lou doing with his children in Kenya?
3. How does Mindy view her role in the group in Kenya?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.
By Jennifer Egan