Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-10

Reading Check

1. How many nights is Avery allowed to spend away from Hawthorne House?

2. Which Hawthorne brother is working with Thea and Bex to try to find Toby?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1.  Describe Avery’s relationship with Ricky Grambs.

2.  What happens in the Blake poem “A Poison Tree”?

CHAPTERS 11-20

Reading Check

1. What secret did Toby discover when he was 16?

2. What do Avery, Xander, and Jameson compare two versions of to track how the document has changed?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Avery discover that Toby has left invisible ink messages on his walls?

2. In Chapter 18, how and where does Avery hear the phrase “Est unus ex nobis. Nos defendat eius,” and what does she discover it means?

Paired Resource

“Pygmalion

• This Seanan McGuire short-short story follows the coming-of-age experience of the daughter of two superheroes.
• This resource relates to the theme of Coming of Age: Becoming a Player in Your Own Game.
• What does the name “Hope Anesidora” suggest about the narrator’s identity? How much choice does she seem to have in shaping her own identity and destiny? What about her unusual coming-of-age experience applies to ordinary people’s experiences? Which elements of Hope’s story do you think Avery would relate to?