BEFORE READING

Check over your CHARACTER CHART and be prepared to meet Hope's mother. What will she be like?
Review your RESPONSE JOURNAL entries for Chapter 14.

DURING READING

Notice the waitressing tips Hope learns.
Watch how Hope uses a prop or disguise to cope with her emotions.

AFTER READING

LIST mom's new boyfriend's name on the CHARACTER CHART.
Give this chapter a title.
Describe Deena, Hope's mother. Give details.
Explain why the author uses lines in italic print at the bottom of p. 139.
What does Braverman give Hope?

What does Hope do with it?
What is the reaction?
Why does it help her?
How do Hope and her mother interact?

LIST three (3) waitressing tips Hope gets from her mother.
For Hope, what is the best part of waitressing?

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Can you think of a time when you could have used a clown nose?