Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-10

Reading Check

1. Whom does Avery play chess with?

2. What does Libby do when she feels guilty about something?

3. What does Jameson call Avery?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What speculations does Avery have about Tobias Hawthorne and why he left her his fortune?

2. What are the relationships between the Hawthorne family members like, and how do you know?

Chapters 11-20

Reading Check

1. What does Tobias’s vague note to Avery say?

2. What is the first thing Avery wants to do with her newfound fortune?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does the reader discover about Libby’s boyfriend, Drake?

2. What do the Hawthornes suspect about Avery’s parentage?

3. How is Tobias described by the characters in the novel?

Paired Resources

Marie Antoinette & Lizzie Borden

• This 4-minute video provides a short biography of Marie Antoinette. (Teacher-appropriate; not student-facing; mentions of sexual content)
• This article describes the Lizzie Borden case. (Teacher-appropriate; not student-facing; violent descriptions of murder)
• Facts from the videos might help in guiding your class discussion of Oren’s comparison between Avery, Cinderella, and Marie Antoinette, and Libby and Avery’s comparison between the Hawthorne family and Lizzie Borden’s case.