Girl, Stolen

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Christmas (Chapter 2)

2. She is blind. (Chapter 2)

3. 16 (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. Griffin is taking Cheyenne to his house, where Roy will be able to help him. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 5-10

Reading Check

1. Pneumonia (Chapter 5)

2. Nike (Chapter 8)

Short Answer

1. She can use her other senses in a way that people with vision cannot. (Chapter 5)

2. He is embarrassed by his house and the way everything looks. (Chapter 6)

3. He leaves to go purchase an untraceable mobile phone. (Chapter 10)

Chapters 11-16

Reading Check

1. Beat him severely (Chapter 12)

2. 10 a.m. (Chapter 13)

3. Danielle (Chapter 16)

Short Answer

1. He resells stolen cars with new ID numbers, or sells them for parts. (Chapter 14)

Chapters 17-22

Reading Check

1. Braille (Chapter 18)

2. That they will let her go (Chapter 21)

3. Phantom (Chapter 21)

Short Answer

1. Mr. Wadell treats Cheyenne like any other student and expects quality work from her. On the other hand, Ms. Crispin gives her a better grade for the same work other students do, and comments, “You can hardly tell you have a disability.” (Chapter 19)

2. Both characters have lost their mothers, and both have been in a terrible accident and spent time recovering. (Chapter 22)

Chapters 23-26

Reading Check

1. A wrench (Chapter 23)

2. Her belt (Chapter 24)

Short Answer

1. He lunges at a small animal, pulls the belt out of Cheyenne’s hand, and runs away. (Chapter 25)

2. When he comes to after Cheyenne hits him with the wrench, he realizes that everybody is capable of violence. (Chapter 26)

Chapters 27-28

Reading Check

1. A broken ankle (Chapter 27)

2. Cheyenne’s scarf (Chapter 28)

Short Answer

1. When Griffin was in the hospital, she fought with Roy and became physically confrontational. Roy pushed her away, and she hit her head on the fireplace. He found her dead in the morning, and TJ and Jimbo buried her. (Chapter 28)        

2. The two men begin arguing over what to do about Griffin. Jimbo wants to leave Griffin to die, and TJ thinks it is too cruel; he would rather shoot him and put Griffin out of his misery. Jimbo keeps calling TJ stupid, and they argue until TJ shoots Jimbo. (Chapter 28)                                                

Chapters 29-32

Reading Check

1. A police officer (Chapters 29-30)

2. She shoots him. (Chapter 30)

Short Answer

1. She tells the officer that Griffin needs to be rescued and that he was just a kid at the house who had nothing to do with the kidnapping. (Chapter 29)

2. He is sent to live in Chicago with his mom’s family and attends an alternative school. (Chapter 32)