Student Name: ______________________________________

The Skin I’m In – Section Review

Chapters 21-26

Directions: Please answer each question in complete sentences on your own paper. Questions do not have to
be written. Once you finish attach this cover sheet with your work.

Chapter Questions (50 points):

Chapter 21

1. Why did Miss Saunders want to speak to Maleeka after school?

2. Why does Maleeka think that Miss Saunders doesn’t have anyone close in her life?

Chapter 22

1. What type of contest did Maleeka enter?

2. What was Kinjari's job at home?

3. What hobby did Maleeka's father have?

4. From the poem, how did Gregory feel about Maleeka?

5. Why isn't Momma ready to look at Daddy's stuff yet?

Chapter 23

1. How many kids have entered the writing contest?

2. Who made a surprise visit to the principal’s office?

3. Why has Char started earning D’s instead of A’s in English class?

4. What do we find out about Char being in 7th grade?

Chapter 24

1. Name one “wrong” thing Char has done to a teacher in the past.

2. How is Char behaving toward Caleb?

3. According to Caleb on page 136, what type of friend is Char?

Chapter 25

1. Why doesn’t Miss Saunders lock her classroom door?

2. Name two things that the girls do to destroy the classroom.

3. What does Char do to Maleeka that causes Maleeka to burn the money?
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4. Who sees Maleeka as she runs from the building?

Chapter 26

1. Why does Miss Jackson stick her head out of her door?

2. Why does Miss Jackson call Maleeka’s house?

Skill Focus: Vocabulary (25 points)

Directions: Look at the bold word in the following sentences. Determine whether the bolded word has a
prefix or a suffix. Circle the prefix or suffix and underline the root word.

1. Miss Saunders is fidgeting. She is sitting there with her arm crossed.

2. Today she’s got pm a blue suit with gold buttons, the same kind they got on navy uniforms.

3. JuJu came by today. She didn’t have an appointment.

4. It’s just me out there and fire engines from the stationhouse around the corner coming to undo what I
had just done.

Discussion Questions (25 points):

Directions: Choose one of the following writing prompts to write a paragraph response (5 sentences
minimum).

1. When Maleeka is talking to Miss Saunders she says, “Some of us is the wrong color. Some of us is the
wrong size or got the wrong face. But that don’t make us wrong people, now does it?” Respond to
this statement. How does it make Maleeka feel?

2. JuJu says the other teachers are giving Char grade just to move her up. Are the teachers doing Char a
favor by giving her grades? Why or Why not?