Anything But Typical

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Miss Leno, the school librarian, do in Chapter 1 that infuriates Jason?

A) She reads from The Giving Tree, a book he despises.

B) She puts her hand on his shoulder.

C) She tells him to be quiet.

D) She scolds him for tearing a page in one of his books.

2. Before his Bennu story, what was the general plot of his latest Storyboard story?

A) A girl with a broken leg learns to walk on her hands.

B) A boy discovers he has superpowers, namely that he can fly.

C) A man develops a tumor on his throat that prevents him from speaking.

D) In learning to speak Korean, a woman discovers she has a knack for foreign languages.

3. Who is Aaron Miller to Jason?

A) His former friend from kindergarten, with whom he no longer speaks

B) His neighbor who likes to spy on Jason and his family

C) His brother’s bully, who always shouts mean things at Jeremy on the bus

D) His arch nemesis, who makes fun of Jason for having ASD in the lunchroom

4. What does Jason spend an hour doing before bed, each and every night?

A) He watches his favorite TV show.

B) He listens to a podcast by and for kids with ASD.

C) He spends time on the computer.

D) He writes in his leather-bound journal.

5. What classic novel with an unreliable narrator does Jason bring up in Chapter 10?

A) American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

B) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

C) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

D) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

6. Why does Jeremy want to use a plate with dividers when he eats?

A) He wants to be just like his brother Jason, who also uses one.

B) He does not like when his food touches.

C) His friends told him at lunch that plates with dividers are a cool new trend.

D) He has a special attachment to the plate, which he’s used since he was a baby.

7. Jason’s parents take him to a Storyboard convention in Dallas as a reward for what?

A) For remembering to clean his room every day for a month

B) For getting an A+ on his math assignment

C) For winning the spelling bee

D) For not missing a single day of school in a month

8. What does Jason’s therapist tell him to do to manage loud environments, as the reader learns in Chapter 22 in the school cafeteria?

A) To pick out individual noises and “throw them away”

B) To wear noise-cancelling headphones

C) To close his eyes and take deep breaths

D) To touch his fingertips together and count backward from 10

9. What happens when Jason and his mom arrive in Dallas that causes Jason’s mom to become overwhelmed and flustered?

A) She loses their passports on their way to the hotel.

B) She can’t find her wallet once they arrive at the hotel.

C) She loses her way in their rental car, even with GPS.

D) She realizes she forgot her glasses on the plane.

10. On the plane home from Dallas, what does Jason’s mom say she is so happy to be learning from him?

A) Resourcefulness

B) Creativity

C) Honesty

D) Bravery

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What is the incident that happens at Uncle Bobby’s in Chapter 11? What does this incident show about how people perceive Jason, even within his own family?

2. Jason tells the story of Lester, his old dog. What is the deeper meaning of this story? How does Jason’s telling the story of Lester also reveal information about himself?