Chapters 18-23

1.  Write a story of a young girl today involved in the situation Rose faces in Chapter 18.

2.  How is what Gussie did for Rose in Chapter 19 and 20 the same as what she does for her fellow workers at her job?

3.  You are 16 and you just asked your parents of you can get a job working at a convenience store as a cashier.
     Give their argument against you taking the job.

4.  Do you remember your first day at a camp, a job, a school, on a team where nothing seemed to go right for you?
    Relate your experience to us.

5.  Describe Maureen's experience at school.