Speak 4 D.Q.'s

1. Discuss the evolvement of the name of the Merryweather High mascot and the debate over each name.

• Their team is not athletic and they are not very good so they need a new team name and they try to show how a democrasy works.

2. What draws Melinda and Ivy together?

• Because Ivy is going out with Andy Evans.

3. Do you agree or disagree with “Ten More Lies…” Why?

4. Describe Melinda’s inner turmoil when she discovers Rachel is dating Andy. What should she have done? Did she do the right thing?

• Because she doesn’t want her hurt.

5. What is the symbolism of Mr. Freeman’s statement, “…trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch-perfect tree don’t exist…Be the tree” (p. 153).

• Depending on her mood determines what she draws.

6. How does Melinda begin to assert herself and find her voice?

• When she tells off Heather about her room.

7. What happens when Melinda decides to talk to Rachel?

• She gets mad at Melinda and calls her insane.

8. What do the entries under Melinda’s initial graffiti in the bathroom reveal?

• Tells her story about how the party went.

9. What is the correlation between Mr. Sordino’s treatment and explanation of the diseased tree with Melinda’s “survival?”

• How poorly her home life is when she is with her parents.

10. What happens at the Prom?

• She went along with David Petrakis.

11. What is the resolution to the story?

• She tells her parents what went on with Andy.