Blog Post #52 "Down River"

If you were Tally, would you ask the Warden to make you a pretty.

Yes, because it is the only way to know if the pills would work.

Blog Post #51 "Confessions"

Tally has finally come clean. Do you think she will regret it? Do you think David will change his mind about her?

No, I don't think she will. No, I don't think he will.

Blog Post #50 "Hippocratic Oath"

Should Maddy have forced Shay to take the "cure?" Why or why not?

No, because Maddy doesn't know if it will work and if I were Shay I wouldn't want to take it because it could kill you.

Blog Post #49 "Night Alone"

If you were Shay, would you get the cure? Why or why not?

Yes, because I would still want to be me not someone else.

Blog Post #48 "Get Away"

Respond to the following quote from the chapter.... What does it mean to you? "Tally thought of the lesions on Shay's brain, the tiny cancers or wounds or whatever they are that she didn't even know she had. They were in there somewhere changing her friend's thoughts, warping her feelings, gnawing at the roots of who she was."

The lesions changed her personality. She is not who she used to be.

Blog Post #47 "Rescue"

Give a chronological list of important events in the chapter. What's the kicker at the end of the chapter.

1. David and Tally find Shay in the Special Circumstances building.
2. Tally finds that Shay is drunk.
3. Shay changed her mind on being a Smokie because of the brain lesions.
4. Dr. Cable comes in and is hit in the head by David.
5. David wants to save his Dad but Mom says no.
6. They are escape.
7. David finds out his Dad is dead.
The kicker at the end is David finds out his Dad is dead.

Blog Post #46 "Inside"

Is this quote a play on words or does it have a deeper meaning to the story?
"Radiology. Neurology. Magnetic Imaging," she read softly. "Operating Theatre Two."

I think it has a deeper meaning in the story.


What "labels" do Tally & David find in the Special Circumstances Building? Give a BRIEF description of what you think each means.

Radiology: They give the specials radiation treatment that gives them their superhuman side?
Neurology: Where they take the brain lesions out of the Specials so they can think right?
Magnetic Imaging: Where they make sure the lesions are not still there?
Operating Theatre Two: Where they give the Specials their Pretty-Ugly looks?


Describe Shay's appearance at the end of the chapter using textual evidence.

"Tall and elegant, every feature perfection, eyes deep and soulful flecked with copper and gold, widened with a troubled look, broad smile illuminating the darkness.